Superannuation funds should take action within 10 working days of a customer requesting payment or additional information, according to Association of Superannuation Fund...
THE Australian Stock Exchange and SFE Corporation Limited have today proposed to merge their businesses in a move that would make the new exchange a leader in the Asia-Pa...
Leading agribusiness bank Rabobank Australia and insurance advisory firm Future Life Financial Services have joined forces to deliver a new life insurance solution to rur...
The two-year-old strategic alliance between Advance Asset Management and Mellon Global Investments has now passed the $1 billion mark in funds under management....
Tower Australia has completed an overhaul of its risk insurance range, improving existing product features and launching a new life insurance product aimed at part-time w...
David Jones is considering launching an expanded range of financial products to customers, following a similar business model to UK retail operators Tesco and Marks and S...
Licensing of people who provide advice on financial services products is not a straight forward subject. Admittedly, the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) bought toget...
The Association of Financial Advisers Ltd (AFA) has expressed concerns about recent industry calls for the introduction of a rigid fee-for-service advice structure....
Financial Planning Association deputy chair Sarah Brennan and industry consultant Tom Collins have spoken openly about their involvement with Westpoint Corporation, as Br...
Three Victorian financial planners have been awarded $800,000 in damages against IOOF in a court case over the sale of the company’s building society to Bendigo Bank in 1...
Former HSBC Asset Management head Barry Sheehan has been appointed chief executive officer of Tyndall Asset Management, ending months of speculation on a replacement for ...
PlanTech is adding the final touches to a web-based service that will automatically populate the Generic Personal Statement, a document that standardises the way informat...
Credit Suisse Asset Management chief executive Andrew McKinnon has ended an 11-year stint at the Switzerland-based fund manager’s Australian operation....
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,...