CommInsure has appointed the head of its Queensland sales team, Tony Smith, as head of national accounts....
Using direct property within a balanced SMSF portfolio could help manage longevity risk by providing good returns with lower volatility, according to Charter Hall and Str...
The solution to the fees and commissions debate doesn't have to be an either/or scenario....
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has brought its various wealth management services together under the single brand of Bendigo Wealth Management....
Paul Harding-Davis has been appointed to take over from the retiring Helen Bridgewood as general manager of Premium Wealth Management....
A range of changes to the tax system governing managed investment trusts (MITs) has been pushed back a year to 1 July, 2012....
The current exemption of financial planners from the tax agent services regime has been extended to 30 June, 2012....
AXA Australia has launched a third round of its Risk Learning Program, which is aimed at helping risk advisers with their technical skills and client engagement....
Investors should have a good reason to start up a self-managed super fund (SMSF) and have a significant starting balance. Otherwise, they should be in an industry or reta...
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed the UBS Australian Small Companies fund 'on hold' due to uncertainties about the make up of its team....
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...