WEALTH INSIGHTS

Funds management

AMP Capital collaborated with parent brand AMP as well as senior stakeholders and research agencies to revitalise their brand and take out Money Management’s Marketing Te...

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Funds management

Macquarie Wrap has gone back-to-back in being rated first in the annual Wealth Insights Platform Service Level Reporting Rankings, with Colonial FirstChoice again rated s...

Funds management

Asgard's Infinity eWRAP has surpassed $1 billion in funds under management since its inception less than six months ago....

Financial planning

Life insurance and annuities have become far bigger parts of the revenue model for financial planners, according to the latest data compiled by Wealth Insights....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) appears to be suffering a problem with member engagement, according to new research released by Wealth Insights....

Financial planning

Financial planner and client sentiment improved marginally in February but remains very fragile amid the expectation of bad news, according to the latest research conduct...

Financial planning

With little new business being written, most financial planning practices are reluctant to take on new staff - but there are still opportunities out there for recent grad...

Editorial

The popularity of cash products does not seem to revolve solely around investment sentiment anymore. Milana Pokrajac reports....

Editorial

An almost inevitable consequence of the Commonwealth Bank's acquisition of Count Financial is that some of Count's financial planners have signalled they feel uncomfortab...

Financial planning

Australian investor sentiment has hit one of its lowest points, according to the latest Wealth Insights Investor Sentiment Index....

Financial planning

The degree to which Australian financial planners are looking for more optimistic signals amid the current torrent of bad news has been revealed in new research released ...

Policy & Regulation

Buyer of Last Resort arrangements entered into decades ago are returning to haunt some of the major financial services institutions as growing numbers of older financial ...

Financial planning

Australian financial planners and their clients have had to live with higher than normal levels of market volatility for much of the past three years as both a consequenc...

Editorial

Australian investors seem certain to close out the year with their allocations set to conservative and with half an eye on a struggling Europe, but as Mike Taylor reports...

Financial planning

The global financial crisis (GFC) acted as a catalyst for many financial planners to change their business models - something that has placed them in good stead as they d...

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5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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