Platform provider Praemium has launched its self-managed super fund (SMSF) offering, Smart Wrap SMSF, which the company said would engage, rather than create competition,...
The challenge for investors and advisers when it comes to investing in emerging markets is harnessing the benefits of anticipated sustained economic growth of developing ...
OnePath has launched a new online application tracking system for OneCare life insurance, which will allow advisers to view information about the status of all applicatio...
The Federal Treasury appears to have left open the question of a statutory compensation scheme covering financial planners, with a review due for completion in January st...
Minority shareholders of AXA Asia Pacific have given the green light to the proposed merger with AMP yesterday, with the acquisition remaining subject to one more approva...
MLC has launched a new program called Pathway to Advice Excellence to help prospective financial planners start out in the industry....
Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan has officially approved AMP’s acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific, listing conditions based upon employment and staff ass...
The life insurance market seems to have been focused on product updates and enhancements over the past couple of months, with Zurich being the latest player to introduce ...
Century Funds Management has failed to replace Opus Capital as manager of the troubled Opus 21 property fund, after an insufficient number of unitholders voted on the mat...
Australian investors plan to move out of cash and into the market in 2011, as many plan to rebalance their portfolios, according to CoreData....
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 ...