In this week’s episode of Relative Return, Mayflower Consulting’s CEO, Sarah Penn, chats with host James Mitchell about structural issues in the Australian superannuation...

Federated Hermes has appointed Jim Roland as head of distribution for Asia Pacific as the firm expands in the region....

A change in power dynamics can mean the need to change an investment strategy’s ESG approach overnight, according to a panel of advisers....

The Australian ETF industry saw trading values fall to their lowest values in over two years as April’s figure was almost half its March value....

It will be impossible to find a “sweet spot” of how much information on ESG is appropriate and advisers can expect overwhelming volumes to continue to be necessary for co...

Morningstar's managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Jamie Wickham, is to depart the business after 17 years and will be replaced by the firm’s wealth head....

Whilst micro-AFSLs’ numbers continue to grow, larger licensees including AMP and Insignia Financial are struggling to hold down their advisers....

Around 100,000 AustralianSuper members could receive refunds as the fund sets aside $70 million after a processing failure regarding multiple member accounts....

Minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has reacted to the news of AustralianSuper’s refund for tens of thousands of members, stating the breach is “unacceptable”...

Sustainable cashflow is the apex for financial advice firms today and growth can be a bitter pill to swallow amid growing compliance and administration costs, writes Umes...

New data has explored the most popular holdings of over 1,000 millionaire investors on the Selfwealth platform, with almost a third being held in self-managed superannuat...

Since 11 March 2020, the financial services ombudsman has registered over 17,000 COVID-related complaints relating to banking, insurance and other financial services....

A leading fund manager says the structural deflation that made Australians real estate millionaires is over and investors should get ready for a decade of little to no ca...

Adviser numbers saw a quarterly rise for the first time in five years, according to the latest Musical Chairs report from Adviser Ratings....

The fund management firm’s proprietary risk dashboard has predicted a 75 per cent probability of a recession in the US....

A new levy on large US banks has been proposed by regulators, set to deliver a two-year blow to earnings....

There are unlikely to be rate cuts by central banks this year, according to JPMAM’s Kerry Craig, but investors need to prepare their portfolios for a 2024 rate reversal....

The national financial advice firm has announced a strategic partnership with Lumiant to build a cloud-based platform that would boost advice clients’ engagement and sati...

The investment platform has appointed Richard Large as chief technology officer, a former CTO at Australia’s $250 billion sovereign wealth fund. ...

In questioning whether financial advice is “too complex” for the average Australian, Sarah Abood has reiterated the importance of digital tools to address accessibility c...