Australian Unity Investments has formed a joint venture with boutique manager Platypus Asset Management to offer Australian retail equity products....
Boutique property fund manager and developer Sovereign MF has appointed industry stalwart Colin Owens to build its distribution strategy....
Following the successful capital raising for Ray White Invest first retail property unit trust, the fund management division of the Ray White estate agency business inten...
Trust Company has outsourced the management of its self-managed accounts business to specialist manager Next Financial....
Focussing on providing services to the adviser and not the licence holder will be the major focus for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) in 2006, says president ...
The upgrading of resource stocks will determine the performance of the Australian stock market in 2006, according to Portfolio Partners head of equities Glen Hart....
Infrastructure has become a growing focus of portfolios, either through listed or unlisted trusts. These trusts have invested in roads, rail, airports, ports and wind far...
The outlook for the financial services industry in 2006 is, as the French would say, plus ça change — the more it changes, the more it is the same....
The next 12 months are likely to be a case of deejay vu for the world economy with the problems of 2005 still a risk....
Alongside a ‘shadow shopper’ survey in February, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) will continue to work on lifting the industry profile and working with the regul...
ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....
The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....
ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....
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...