CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Superannuation
Cooper Review gets mixed response from the industry, with most lamenting its failure to address superannuation savings adequacy....
Financial planning
Thornton Group and Tulare Financial Planners merge their operations....
Financial planning
An education and research fund has slipped though the cracks in the imminent transition of market supervision from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to the Austral...
Financial planning
Count Financial has succeeded in recruiting van Eyk Research's general counsel and company secretary, Anna Smith, in a move that it says will boost its compliance and reg...
Editorial
IFSA doesn't have the numbers to be able to claim it represents the financial services industry, so its recent name change is just a rebranding, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planning
The looming financial and social challenges posed by longevity can no longer be ignored, writes Indy Singh....
Financial planning
BOQ completes acquisition of St Andrews Insurance, with the executive team moving across but continuing to operate the business independently....
Financial planning
Genesys Wealth Advisers is working overtime to stem the flow of outgoing member firms by creating a new loyalty scheme aimed at locking in firms for up to five years....
Financial planning
The Government does not intend repeating its actions on the Henry Review with the Financial Services Minister, Chris Bowen, promising an early release of the Cooper Revie...
Financial planning
Both the National Information Centre for Retirement Investments (NICRI) and the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) are currently lobbying t...
Financial planning
Van Eyk Research chief executive Mark Thomas believes the low-cost, low-risk and limited advice model some investors are now embracing is a 'pup' model that will ultimate...
Financial planning
Two major superannuation bodies have called for the Government to maintain its commitment to gradually raise the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent....
Superannuation
In response to a Cooper Review recommendation that self-managed super fund (SMSF) professionals be banned from investing in art and collectables, SPAA has stated artwork ...
Superannuation
Westpac breaks new ground by agreeing to pay superannuation on unpaid parental leave....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Bankers' Association has applauded the Federal Government for rejecting the global bank tax proposed at the G20 summit in Canada over the weekend....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...