Regulators are set to apply the heat to financial planning groups and broking groups on Y2K readiness, following apparent apathy over the problem....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has reacted strongly to news that two accounting bodies intend to set up independent financial planning designations....
IPAC has announced plans to outsource the bulk its back office administration to BT Portfolio Services....
Resource stocks have outperformed industrial stocks for the second month in succession, according to Ausbil partners....
The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation will become as well recognised as the Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) within ten years, according to a visiting CF...
Self-managed funds have continued to be Australia's fastest growing sector in superannuation, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). ...
The recent surge in interest in hedge funds has spread to the retail market with the launch of Hedge Funds Australia (HFA) hedge fund....
Rodney Adler says distribution is king when it comes to financial services....
In less than a fortnight, the first conference to combine wholesale and retail financial services kicks off in Melbourne. Two of the IFSA conference's keynote speakers sp...
FlexiPlan managing director Sue Thomas has sold her 20 per cent stake in the business to MLC and stepped down as managing director....
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,...