Hedge funds may have prospered from a move to absolute returns in recent years but strong performance figures are no guarantee they will continue to benefit argues Goldma...
The Joint Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations against disclosure of commissions by risk advisers have been branded a “disgrace” and condemned by virtually all sides...
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Cathy Hales to the newly created position of head of product for its Australian operations....
Tower Australia has been through the mill lately but claims it has refocused its vision and returned to its roots....
A national scheme of professional standards legislation will lower the cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance and remove restrictions on the services offered by fi...
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Ken Breakspear will step down from the role on October 10, indicating he would not renew his contract and drawing to ...
The financial services sector has broadly welcomed today’s release by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) of a modelling template for fee disclosur...
Platform provider Asgard Capital Management has struck an alliance with E*Trade Australia to allow it to integrate an online share trading service within its wrap product...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has criticised the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance ...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and publisher CCH have jointly launched an electronic compliance manual for financial planners....
Choice of superannuation fund legislation is taking forever to pass through Federal Parliament. Lisa Bowman asks why....
Ranking fourth in the Money Management Fastest Growing Dealer Groups Survey, ANZ Personal Advisory Services had grown the number of planners in the group in the year endi...
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chief executive, Graeme Thompson, will end his five year term of appointment at the end of the month, it was announced t...
InTech Financial Services has appointed Deutsche Asset Management Asia Pacific regional chief operating officer Michael Monaghan as chief executive officer, after a three...
PremiumChoice platform is set to target Western and South Australia in a bid to expand the number of dealer groups using its services by 30 per cent over the next 12 mont...
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...