A remarkable number of consumers who flagged they would switch superannuation funds in June, just before the onset of choice, have since changed their minds and decided t...
Babcock and Brown has denied a desire to make a major play into Australia’s financial planning distribution channels was behind its decision last week to significantly in...
Australian superannuation fund returns remained in positive territory through August, driven by good returns from both domestic and international equities, according to t...
ING has repackaged its entire life insurance range into a single product, introduced two new types of cover and will allow client to access family discounts, as part of a...
THERE’S at least one financial planner out there who views the emergence of reverse mortgages as a compliment to financial planners...
Babcock & Brown has decided to float its wind energy fund, beginning the process with an initial public offer of stapled securities in Babcock & Brown Wind Partners....
Women have emerged as the major beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s superannuation co-contribution regime, according to data released by the Commonwealth this week....
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...
Financial planners are losing a significant portion of their business to technology as the use of online stock brokers skyrockets....
“Broad-brush” critics of the financial planning industry have had their disapproval blunted by a new survey, which found a growing number of consumers believe the quality...
Risk-taking investors in the superannuation funds field were most handsomely rewarded in 2004-05, according to research released by Intech today....
More than 60 per cent of Australians between 31 and 40 years of age are feeling financially vulnerable, according to a new survey by financial planning group Ipac....
Maple-Brown Abbot has been replaced by MIR Investment Management as part of a suite of substantial mandate changes to Advance Asset Management’s billion dollar multi-blen...
Fixed interest has an important place when building a diversified portfolio, and the recent rise in new high yielding investment vehicles, such as hybrids and structured ...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...