While fixed income can still offer compelling value for advisers and investors, there are a few road traps to be mindful of, Ross Kent writes....
Claims that tax concessions on superannuation will cost the Government $2 trillion a year are based on inaccurate figures and assumptions the Association of Superannuatio...
Challenger’s Fidante makes key BDM appointment with view to international prospects....
Challenger’s multi-boutique funds management business Fidante Partners has appointed investment banker Gabrielle Munzer as a senior business development manager. ...
With post-retirement planning emerging as a major issue in 2014, Andrew Gale argues that there needs to be less focus on products and more focus on advice-based solutions...
Fund manager Legg Mason has recruited a senior JP Morgan staffer to become its director of sales....
HFA founder and chair Spencer Young resigns, ending a 15-year involvement with the group....
The executive director of the Revenue Group within the Federal Treasury, Rob Heferen, made a very important point to last month’s SPAA conference in Brisbane: any change ...
Independent investment manager Dalton Nicol Reid has appointed Robert White as its new chief executive officer and head of distribution after Harley Dalton’s departure....
Vanden Boom departs Morgan Stanley to take up key IFM Investors BD role....
SMSF specialists outline a two-tier approach for SMSFs to address longevity. ...
WA-based online software provider Decimal set to list on ASX and shift to east coast before rollout to planners....
Signs are emerging of an upturn in merger and acquisition activity in the financial planning and accounting space....
Platform provider netwealth has launched a mobile web app for advisers and announced a number of other major upgrades for 2014....
The new super contribution level has pushed employer contributions to record levels and will spur asset managers to seek greater efficiencies....
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...