AMP has appointed former Super Concepts managing director Craig Jameson to help set up its new SMSF business unit....
The AIST will be lodging a further submission with the Productivity Commission reinforcing that default superannuation funds must be 'fit for purpose'....
A draft amendment to the MySuper legislation appears aimed at entrenching some of the existing default superannuation fund regime....
The Productivity Commission's core recommendations on default funds will open up the sector to more players and reduce the primacy of industry super funds....
The Productivity Commission draft report on default superannuation funds under modern awards recommends opening up the sector to all approved MySuper products. ...
AMP is moving to acquire Cavendish Group and will set up a new self-managed super fund business unit that will be led by Paul Sainsbury....
AMP has announced plans to acquire Cavendish Group and set up a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) business unit....
With corporate blow-ups becoming commonplace and ‘short-termism’ dominating investment markets, ESG issues are more relevant than ever. ...
By becoming licensed to provide financial advice, accountants will be able to charge clients for advice they are currently "giving away for free", says head of SMSF Advic...
After a sizeable dip in FUM in 2011, the total platform market ended the year to 31 March 2012 almost unchanged....
Retail funds grew 4.6 per cent in the March quarter to $510 billion but were still down slightly over a 12-month period, according to Plan For Life data....
ASIC has confirmed it has increased its efforts to better understand the inner workings of the financial planning industry by recruiting from within the sector....
The extent of the current dealer group turf war has been revealed by new Wealth Insights research revealing around 44 per cent of the financial planners surveyed had been...
The Institute of Public Accountants' affiliation with MLC and AMP/AXA will not threaten its members' independence, says IPA general manager Vicki Stylianou....
Australian Property Growth Fund and Cyre Trilogy Group are accusing each other of misleading investors in their battle over the management of four Austgrowth Property Tru...
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...