More people are working past retirement age and concessional contributions have dropped among older workers, placing unwanted pressure on the superannuation outcomes of m...
The gatekeeper role that platforms play in determining which investments are easily available presents a huge challenge for the direct property sector....
Newly appointed AMP SMSF executive Peter Burgess explains that assessing suitability and explaining risks is the key to good SMSF advice....
AMP has introduced big changes to its insurance range in response to the changing way advisers do business....
Self-managed super fund trustees have shied away from cash due to falling interest rates but stayed close to defensive and low-risk assets, shifting funds into fixed inte...
AMP has driven solid cashflows out of its platform acquisitions, but planning firm flows prove patchy....
AMP Capital is investing significant resources in developing products specifically for SMSFs and is currently looking to recruit an executive to focus on this area....
Australian Financial Services ends its run as licence cancelled under voluntary administration....
New white paper points to planning opportunities and a problematic vertically-integrated model....
Warning that FOFA fee disclosure requirements will create more problems than they fix....
Colonial First State has reassumed its position at the top of the Wealth Insights platform rankings. ...
Consumers are displaying less signs of stress in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest data released by Dun & Bradstreet as part of its Consumer Financi...
Ratings house, Standard & Poor’s has been targeted for litigation in the wake of proposed Lehman settlement with Australian councils....
With ASIC delaying its work on a financial planner training framework, progress on raising the bar on education seems to be stuck in limbo, writes Tim Stewart....
AMP-owned dealer group ipac is is looking to further tap into the accumulator client segment by building advice capabilities to support this market. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...