ANZ sells its Super Concepts business to SuperIQ as it plots new strategy on SMSFs. ...
ANZ has traded SMSF accounting business Super Concepts to part-AMP-owned Super IQ as it redirects into the digital SMSF space....
A choice of licensing options now faces accountants who want to handle SMSF business, so it’s important for them and advisers that they make the appropriate choice, write...
Mike Taylor writes that the FPA’s referral arrangement with big industry fund Cbus represents yet another indicator that, having lost the war prosecuted by the industry f...
AMP’s life insurance arm had a $24 million loss in Q3, half of which came from lapsed policies....
AMP has made another move into the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) market, with one of its subsidiaries picking up faltering administration business Tranzact. ...
There are suggestions that ASIC may have concerns about “transition” and “retention” payments made to financial planning principals, and as Mike Taylor reports, perceptio...
Industry fund chairman expresses concern that improper advice is driving member departures to SMSFs. ...
Gordon Lefevre will replace Colin Storrie as AMP’s chief financial officer from 1 March 2014....
Meller names his leadership team at AMP, with Caprioli overseeing advice....
It is vital SMSF practitioners have a thorough understanding of the in-house asset rules in order to avoid potential breaches. AMP SMSF's Peter Burgess explains how the i...
AMP-owned dealer group Hillross Financial Services signed seven new practices to its licence and welcomed 11 start-up firms in the last year, adding another $1 billion in...
AMP’s Craig Meller argues financial services institutions need to keep changing with their customers if they want to stay attractive. ...
It has become ever more important to be a planner’s most-used insurance provider, according to research by Investment Trends....
The cross-selling success of the big four between their superannuation and banking products is concerning and might not be in the customers’ best interest, says ME Bank C...
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 ...