There are very few genuinely new products in financial services. Usually they are variations on an existing theme, and structured products fall very much into this catego...

IOOF has revamped the structure of its financial planning group Winchcombe Carson in an effort to be more competitive in the advisory market....

Functionality and service have overtaken fees as advisers’ key concerns when using wraps and master trusts according to a study conducted by research house Brandmanagemen...

Despite heavy criticism of advisers over conflicts of interest, the vast majority do not believe the financial planning industry should abandon commission-based remunerat...

It is a problem that everybody knows about, and some have solutions for, yet it will not go away. Australians are not buying risk insurance, and far too-few advisers are ...

After only a month in operation, Platinum Group Financial Services has confirmed 34 authorised representatives have already joined its ranks and are operating within the ...

Positive investor sentiment towards advisers has increased over the past 12 months, accompanied by a marked improvement in sentiment toward managed investments, according...

A new project will examine the value of independent advice and will determine the number of Australian financial advisers that consider themselves to be independent, as w...

Despite recent criticism by the corporate regulator, financial planners have won a major concession that will allow them to recommend clients change super funds, even if ...

For Australia’s biggest financial planning dealer groups, managing conflicts is all about ensuring advisers have adequate choice....

A great investor once said: “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” Of course, it’s hard to imagine that there is much that Warren Buffet doesn’t understand abou...

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The use of hedge funds by financial planners is growing, but slowly. In many cases, it is only planners who have reached a certain level of competence that are allowed to...

Hedge funds are increasingly being used by planners, with inflows stable over the past 12 months due to the strength of returns from Australian equities....