An executive with major consultancy Deloitte has revealed that at least two of the major banks have been scoping out opportunities to return to the financial planning are...

Superannuation legislation, product development, and governance and technology will have a huge impact on the personal investments market, according to Rice Warner....

Deloitte has acquired leading independent actuarial consultancy, Rice Warner....

If doctors could accommodate the existence of paramedics, why can’t the financial advice profession accept a similar situation with respect to some lesser qualified advis...

A panel has agreed that a hybrid advice model is needed to close the advice gap but the digital side needs to be trusted by the consumer and holding them account to what ...

Individuals who have decided to set up their own self-managed super funds are motivated by far more than costs or investment returns, with a desire for control over their...

Self-managed superannuation funds have become more competitive with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority regulated funds over the past seven years but having a soli...

A Rice Warner report, to be launched later this month, will look at when self-managed superannuation funds are most cost-effective....

Providing simple financial advice should not need best interest duty as the amount of risk a consumer would take is low and unlikely to be against their interests, accord...

The Government wants financial advice to be made more affordable and a Financial Services Council has canvassed easier scaled advice, technology and less red tape as bein...

Leading actuarial research house, Rice Warner, has called for delaying the next superannuation guarantee rise rather than abandoning it altogether. ...

Superannuation funds need to carefully think through what they are telling consumers in terms of target returns in circumstances where the COVID-19 pandemic has changed t...

Lower superannuation fund returns over the long term may see financial planners forced to change their traditional advice model around superannuation, particularly for th...

Superannuation industry executives have acknowledged the potential for funds to run into liquidity issues because of the downturn and risk to jobs in the travel, hospital...