The Financial Planning Association of Australia has appointed Sarah Abood as its new chief executive, replacing Dante De Gori....

If elected, a Labor government would assume that a decade of experience was worth at least a degree and would scrap the degree requirement for those advisers....

Two exchange traded funds focused on electric vehicles and digital payments would list on the Australian Securities Exchange this month....

Platinum has increased its cash weighting on its International fund to 34% as it is fearful of an impending market correction. ...

The Pendal Global Select fund has identified three global megatrends which have accelerated since the pandemic and which it believes will drive global equities performanc...

In the last Investment Centre newsletter for 2021, Money Management looks back at events that shaped markets this year. ...

The makeup of staff in advisories will need to radically change as more affordable cloud-based computing speeds up the advice generation process, according to Finura Grou...

Managing compliance and regulatory changes have emerged as the top operational challenges for Australian financial advice firms, according to Dimensional Fund Advisors....

The firm has increased exposure to the stock as it believes offers “quality, growth and value in one” which presents an attractive opportunity....

Industry associations have welcomed Labor’s election promise on education requirements for advisers and the Association of Financial Advisers say it will help thousands o...

There is a “reimagined role” for financial advisers where incorporating money coaching to the financial advice process could lead to demonstrable value for advisers and c...

Many advisers, who formally ceased on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s adviser register over the past couple of weeks, have landed at the new licens...

Scott Hartley, AMP Australian Wealth Management chief executive, has been appointed to the Financial Services Council board of directors along with Challenger executive, ...

Only 52% of advisers passed the final exam before the 1 January, 2022 deadline, with just under 18,000 having passed the exam in total....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned super funds to better explain income protection insurance as it can dwindle super balances for particular ...

The corporate regulator has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency regarding alternative investment funds....

Understanding the code of ethics, statements of advice, breach reporting, and identifying inappropriate advice are some of the key problem areas advisers struggled with i...

The 2021 ‘Evergreen Consultants Long Term Expected Returns Framework’ report expects inflation to reset moderately higher at 2.25% over the medium to longer term while Au...

The Government should be regulating finfluencers and they are not the same as getting advice from a taxi driver or guy “at the pub”, according to the Stockbrokers and Fin...

The regulatory overreach placed on the industry has led to poor outcomes for advice clients and regulators need to start trusting the industry again, an adviser believes....