BT Financial Group has appointed Dirk Morris as its general manager and chief investment officer after the resignation of Guy Strapp from the positions....
The Government should proactively encourage Australians to seek superannuation advice to help maximise their retirement incomes, according to the Financial Planning Assoc...
The question of regulatory oversight of the mortgage broking industry has re-emerged with the Mortgage Industry Association of Australia looking to change its name to ref...
The woman ousted earlier this year as Perth Chapter chairman of the Financial Planning Association, Julie Matheson, has won election to the national board of the FPA....
The FPA has taken a blow after an authoritative Assirt/Wealth Insights report revealed most advisers believe it to be ineffective, disorganised and unprofessional....
Challenger has entered a strategic alliance with US-based investment manager Heitman to establish a global real estate investment product....
Financial services management systems provider DST International has launched a new software support tool for the growing derivatives market....
While many fund managers are promoting the advantages of investing in developing real estate markets in regions such as Asia, chief executives at Macquarie feel the US is...
State Street Global Advisor’s former Sydney-based Asia Pacific head, Mark Lazberger, has been named president of SSgA’s international business....
MLC has called for the super fund sole purpose test to be amended to allow members to pay for financial advice from their super fund....
The Financial Planning Association has released the results of its own research that shows its members feel it is not doing enough to promote the value of advice or the p...
The recent merger between Vector Financial Services and Financial Services Partners has allowed the dealer group to establish a Centre of Technical Excellence in its Melb...
Rohan Gamble has resigned as managing director of Virgin Money Australia, the financial services arm of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, on the eve of a new retail banking...
Magnitude Financial Planning has opened a practice in Busselton, WA, the first step in a plan to establish a regional network of authorised representatives in the state....
IOOF has announced it will acquire the remaining share of Perennial Investment Partners it does not currently own for an initial payment of $67.9 million plus a possible ...
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....