The Royal Commission has recommended the deduction of any advice fee other than intra-fund advice from a MySuper account be prohibited, while their deduction from choice ...
A number of corporate superannuation mandates may change hands if particular companies are named and shamed in the Royal Commission’s final report, with serious contingen...
Industry Super Australia has told a key Parliamentary Committee that advisers can’t necessarily be trusted when it comes to giving advice around the selection of post-ret...
A former dealer group head and current investment committee chairman believes the Royal Commission and the regulators have failed to identify the practices of some platfo...
The risk of heightened global market volatility should encourage Australians to review their current financial plans, according to Dixon Advisory....
New research has pointed to financial planners seeing themselves as being more comfortable as asset allocators rather than stock-pickers and leaning towards goals-based a...
Major consultancy EY has predicted both challenges and opportunities in the financial services industry in 2019 with all sectors facing greater regulatory scrutiny and fu...
The Australian exchange traded product industry expanded in November despite market volatility, according to the VanEck IQ Scorecard....
Westpac has admitted that it did not fully appreciate the underlying risks entailed in running a financial planning business....
Documentation examined during the Royal Commission suggests the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority was actively considering whether pursuing litigation would answ...
Victims of Financial Fraud has called on ASIC to request that the Guernsey Financial Authorities question former director of a Trio Capital fund, Carl Meerveld....
AMP Limited’s new chief executive, Francesco De Ferrari has cited reviewing the firm’s business model as his first priority....
A new survey has revealed strong support for removing bank-provided “general” advice from the superannuation equation....
Established and well-respected advice firms have little to fear from the Royal Commission, according to a new white paper from ClearView....
AMP Limited has made clear it is provisioning substantially less than the $1.185 billion mentioned during the Royal Commission for client remediation....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...