The Government has seriously misread the major issues relating to financial advice, according to the chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Richa...
The Federal Opposition is reserving judgement on the Cooper Review recommendation to ban insurance commissions while the financial planning sector battles it out with the...
AXA-owned dealer group Genesys Wealth Advisers is offering close to 10 per cent equity in the business to advisers as it seeks to align advisers' interests with the broad...
New APRA research has identified a wide disparity between the fees being paid by retail funds and not-for-profits for very similar services....
LGS Super has formed an in-principle agreement with EISS to offload its 50 per cent stake in FuturePlus Financial Services, subject to final due diligence....
HFA Asset Management becomes Certitude Global Investments and looks to expand its offering and client base....
The demand for specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) accreditation has jumped dramatically in light of the Future of Financial Advice and Cooper Review reform recomme...
Former Ernst & Young partner Dr. Jules Gribble has been appointed as senior adviser, policy strategy, at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), and ...
The founders of Sonray Capital Markets have been grounded while investigations into the advice firm's collapse continue....
The founder and chief executive of the India Equities Fund, John Pereira, has exited the company as part of its wind down....
Portfolio administrator Praemium is launching a new virtual wrap product that is aimed at assisting planners transitioning from commission-based remuneration to fees for ...
The Coalition’s proposal to extend protections against unfair contract terms to small businesses may be counterproductive, according to the Australian Bankers’ Associatio...
Investor confidence in the ability of the Australian economy to withstand world pressures has been eroded....
Suncorp has announced the appointment of Amanda Revis as group executive for human resources. Revis will be responsible for the delivery of the employee components of the...
Cromwell Group's financiers have failed to see the value in acquiring Orchard Funds Management....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....