Van Eck Australia believes fund managers and planners must provide products and services to adapt to a world of market volatility, central bank intervention and geopoliti...

Eighty years on, the vision of founder William McCormick Blair still guides the funds management business that bears his name, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue. ...

While financial planners seem to over-estimate the risk tolerance of their clients, they are often good at identifying and achieving life goals....

Investors are refocusing their attention on growth opportunities over income, according to a report, that also finds that managed funds are making a comeback....

Spring FG has shuffled its management team and has appointed the new state managers for Victoria and Queensland....

Australia’s growing number of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) will require financial advisors with generalist - not just investment - knowledge, a new report re...

Consumers should equip themselves with basic financial literacy and knowledge before they walk into a financial planner’s office, general manager of an online financial e...

Emotional Intelligence is increasingly becoming a critical skill set for advisers, not just to improve client relationships, but to stay in business, Wayne Lear writes....

Advisory firms will need to examine how they communicate risk to clients under FOFA and not trust that old methods will still be suitable in the future. ...

New research suggests so-called “millenials” may have been wrongly type-caste as conservative investors and need properly targeted advice....

Perth-based dealer group, Sentry, is the first major client to sign up with new asset consultancy group, InvestSense, led by three former van Eyk consultants....

More high net worth individuals are seeking advice and are willing to pay for specialised services with many choosing to work with a single advice provider....

Australians are avoiding financial advice because of confusion about what a planner actually does, according to a report. ...

A Queensland adviser has been given a hold on a five-year ban from ASIC following a hearing at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal....