BNY Mellon has set its sights on the intermediary markets, hiring former ING Investment Management executive Navin Suri as its Asia-Pacific (APAC) head of intermediary di...
Ever since the Trio Capital scandal, the message has been clear: SMSFs are on their own and defenceless against fraud. But as Andrea Slattery explains, SMSFs indeed have ...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed new legislation which it said would ultimately protect member balances during super fund mergers....
The prospect of further Government changes to superannuation and the removal of tax breaks currently in place for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unthinkable, accordi...
FOFA has radically altered the dynamics of financial planning platforms, generating new approaches across the industry and between platform providers....
Melbourne-based financial planning business FMD Financial has acquired two advisory firms - Investwell Financial Planning and Financial Lifestyle Managers....
While the impact of recent redundancies and a shift in focus towards alternatives will not be felt until next year’s survey, one area van Eyk improved on in 2011 was the ...
ASIC will soon hold discussions with the financial planning industry about the potential for setting up a self-regulatory organisation which would develop and administer ...
AMP has announced plans to acquire Cavendish Group and set up a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) business unit....
The new limited licensing regime for accountants has received widespread support from the financial services industry....
SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery believes the new licensing regime set to replace the accountants' exemption would create a bigger role for the association....
Forrester Cohen chief executive officer John Moore provides financial advisers with some recommendations on how to help clients choose the right direct property opportuni...
The difficulty in getting new property development projects off the ground over the last five years has not just had implications for investors, but also for the supply o...
van Eyk Research has made three redundancies, with another analyst departing voluntarily as the company announces a new strategy....
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....
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,...