National advice licensee PictureWealth has appointed John Bezich in a newly created role of head of advice....

Strategic technology integration and clearly defined advice propositions are two critical elements for building a successfully scaled advice model, Adviser Ratings unpack...

Rhombus Advisory and WT Financial Group are among the AFSLs seeing adviser declines this week, as only three new entrants join the profession....

In this episode of Relative Return Unplugged, host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic, along with Momentum Media political commentator Liam Garman and special guest Shane Oliver, chi...

Investors in Australia and New Zealand allocated US$640 million to sustainable funds in the third quarter of 2024, reversing outflows of US$555 million in the previous q...

CFS has finalised its decision on the future of two RLAM funds on its platform after Ironbark Asset Management opted to agree to new investment managers....

ASIC’s relief measures enabling advisers to rely on website disclosure information instead of providing a Financial Services Guide has been welcomed by the industry assoc...

ASIC chair Joe Longo has told AFSLs that putting in place cyber protections should be “top of mind” as they manage their businesses, and flagged the weaknesses demonstrat...

Superannuation fund Cbus has announced it will offer a financial advice offering for its members and their partners called Advice Essentials Plus....

Almost 30 staff at AMP could be affected by changes to its marketing and communications team, Money Management understands, as it makes two senior hires. ...

ASIC has said it is exploring whether there are concerns regarding Macquarie and Equity Trustees for hosting platforms where investors rolled over their superannuation in...

Questions have been raised regarding the viability of the current Australian Financial Services licensing regime, and the role that licensees have to play in monitoring a...

The competitive position of active managers is weakening and they will be unable to compete with passive players unless they diversify their product range, according to M...

Money Management explores what is needed for a successful fund manager succession plan as a generation of managers approach retirement and how firms can mitigate the risk...

Ninety One has launched a global equities Global Franchise Fund to wholesale investors in Australia and envisages expanding the wholesale range in the future. ...

MUFG Pension and Market Services has expanded its partnership with proxy voting and investor communication platform Proxymity into the Australian market, following succes...

Women still account for less than one-quarter of Australia’s financial advice profession, with only two firms with more than 100 advisers having 30 per cent female advise...

As fund managers are urged to diversify their product ranges, they are finding a faster way to do this is via an acquisition of existing firms but experts say it is not w...

AFCA has urged financial advice firms that when recommending a product to clients where it receives any benefits, advisers must go beyond merely disclosing conflicts of i...

Natixis Investment Managers has highlighted the top five questions that Australian financial advisers are hearing from their clients amid increasing economic uncertainty ...