Boutique investment manager Mason Stevens has announced the launch of what the company believes is the first global stock portfolio structured as a managed account....
Newly appointed head of the UK equivalent of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Martin Wheatley, has hinted that fiduciary duty might not be the optima...
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) has announced the appointment of Christopher Trott as its general manager of information techno...
The financial planning industry loses almost as many advisers as it gains each year, which explains the slow growth in adviser numbers over the past decade, according to ...
Australia's young exchange-traded fund (ETF) market and stringent regulatory system are keeping Australia's ETFs simple and straightforward in comparison to their oversea...
Employment prospects for the banking and financial services sectors are set to rise in the second quarter of 2011, according to recruitment consultancy Robert Walters....
UBS Global Asset Management (UBSGAM) has replaced one of the two portfolio managers who suddenly resigned from its small caps team last month, with another appointment on...
Issues surrounding adviser liability remain a concern and will be discussed during the next phase of Government consultation regarding investor compensation, according to...
Current default compensation arrangements for retail clients rely largely on professional indemnity insurance, and provide no guarantee that retail clients will be able t...
Former CBA national head of financial planning, Ian Anderson, has moved to Guardian Financial Planning, where he has been appointed business acquisition manager....
A Sydney-based financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services in the interest of consumer protection after failing to act on conduct concerns. ...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a $250 million Sydney fund manager, one of two AFSL cancellations announced by the corporate regulator....
Having divested its advice business in August, AMP is undergoing restructuring in at least four other departments amid a cost simplification program....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...