Members of AustralianSuper will see reduced insurance costs after a review prompted the fund to cut fees by an average of 11.8 per cent....
Two fund managers have made senior appointments this week with Milford appointing a portfolio manager and 4D Infrastructure hiring an investment director....
With artificial intelligence thriving, Platinum investment manager, Cameron Robertson, believes there are still mispricing opportunities available in the space....
Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has offered an update on the Quality of Advice Review, which he said had been previously delayed due to the federal budget...
With ASIC playing a role in interpreting the law through materials like regulatory guides and in part enforcing the law through stop orders, a panel has questioned if the...
In a rare speech, former High Court justice, the Honourable Kenneth Hayne, has questioned whether advisers can ‘stand in more than one canoe’, when it comes to conflict o...
AUSTRAC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from the Bank of Queensland to improve its compliance with Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financi...
The Pro Bono Financial Advice Network has welcomed three firms to its adviser network in another step towards improving the financial wellbeing of those in need....
Firms introducing artificial intelligence to their businesses should treat it like a new member of staff to train up on the firm’s ethics and values, according to Morgan ...
Justice Lisa Hespe has fired a shot across the bows at financial institutions regarding the interoperability of their IT infrastructure in her verdict in the ASIC v AMP F...
Reflecting on the seemingly slow pace of innovation in Australia’s financial services sector, panellists at the SIAA conference have warned foreign entrants could bring a...
In this episode of Relative Return, host James Mitchell chats to David George, chief executive of Magellan Financial Group, to discuss how he is hoping to grow the asset ...
The platform’s wealth data and sentiment business ARdata announced its completed acquisition of investment and superannuation system ProductRex....
A second Class veteran has joined the board of fintech Bravura Solutions as non-executive chairman. ...
Professional year candidates should be self-motivated and both them and their supervisors need to understand it could take far longer than one year, according to panellis...
Financial advisers are a declining “olden days” model, says Michelle Levy, who instead has focused her Quality of Advice Review on digital advice rather than relevant pr...
The number of advisers who have ceased during 2023 is at 365, more than double the new entrants over the same period, and could approach 900 by the end of the year if the...
A trial investigating alleged misconduct by the wealth management company is slated to begin on Monday (5 June) and expected to run for up to five weeks. ...
ASIC has made its first interim stop order on a superannuation product as well as on three managed funds, all run by Spaceship Capital....
JBWere has appointed Cathryn Carver as chair, replacing Michael Saadie....
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...