Wealth manager IOOF's bid for DKN Financial Group has won approval from shareholders, allowing the deal to progress. ...
The growth in the number of SMSFs in Australia may have been rapid but it is consistent with the overall growth of superannuation....
While the majority of self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) professionals believe the proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will improve the standard of fi...
Up to 70 per cent of financial planners have reported approaches by a rival dealer group to switch licensees in the past 12 months, according to a Midwinter survey....
Listed property appears to be returning to its previous model and slowly becoming a defensive asset again, resulting in more positive financial adviser and investor attit...
Australian organisations perform above average compared with their global peers when it comes to enterprise risk management (ERM) practices, yet only half have built a ri...
August was a sombre month for hedge funds as all but two strategies performed well under par, according to figures released by Edhec-Risk Institute....
Multiple global concerns including sovereign risk, geopolitics and policy errors, Chinese growth, inflation and the next bubble suggest a new focus on risk management may...
A significant proportion of industry fund members would be interested in further advice about their superannuation, even though less than one in five members surveyed cur...
The latest Plan for Life data confirms the Government's bank guarantee is still acting as a magnet for investors worried by global uncertainty....
Hiring intentions in the finance, insurance and real estate sectors have held their ground despite a national trend downwards, according to the latest Manpower Employment...
New individual lump sum risk business in the 12 months to June 2011 increased 3.5 per cent to just over $1 billion, a significant slowdown on the 21.5 per cent growth see...
The Australian United Investment Company (AUI) has reported an increase of almost 20 per cent (19.45 per cent) in its annual net profit after tax to $32.7 million for the...
The latest APRA data confirms the dominance of SMSFs in terms of assets held....
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has moved to increase its hold in the mortgage market, with a guarantee to beat any advertised interest rate from its three major...
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,...