Financial advisers relying on risk commissions should consider moving to fee based advice, with the Life Insurance Framework set to hit commission based cashflow for at l...
Pension transfers from the UK may re-open to a limited group of people with the admission of one new fund, a SMSF vehicle, to the register of approved schemes....
The Association of Financial Advisers claims critics of its handling of the LIF outcome need to appreciate the political realities....
ISA will continue to push back against banks moving into the default super fund space with an advertising campaign urging employers to not pick banks for default funds....
IOOF has made changes to its research division and will implement changes around breach reporting but claims there were not serious breakdowns in its internal systems....
Predatory legal claims around TPD insurance should be rejected, with many jumping the gun and easily able to be defeated, according to a lawyer working in the insurance a...
Factor investing will continue to attract investors disappointed in active and passive investments but blended strategies may also expose investors to risks....
Quantitative investing is likely to return to investor’s portfolios as they seek more uncorrelated investment options and move past seeing the strategy as a ‘black box’ a...
Boutique manager, Pengana, signs distribution deal with US manager to boost international equities offerings....
Betashares has expanded its exchange traded funds suite with the addition of two currency hedged funds focusing on returns from US equity exposures....
Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....
A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...
The Federal Court has made interim orders to freeze the assets of a managed investment scheme, its responsible entity, and a director....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...