Marianne Perkovic succeeds Paul Barrett at CFS....
Morningstar has picked up the research mandate for the Colonial First State (CFS) Advice Business at the expense of S&P....
The Commonwealth Bank has posted a solid half-year profit, but CommInsure appears to have struggled....
Despite evidence showing increasing consumer demand for Internet and phone-based simple financial advice outside of super, the industry seems to be moving at a snail’s pa...
Investment research house van Eyk Research has recruited for the first time following staff cuts in November 2010, adding two members to its research team....
An overwhelming majority of the total new Australian managed funds launched in 2010 were not new investment strategies, according to research house Morningstar....
The role of licensee payments from platform providers has become a bone of contention in the financial advice industry, writes Marianne Perkovic....
Colonial First State Property will acquire AXA’s Melbourne headquarters at 750 Collins Street through its Commonwealth Property Office Fund....
The first meeting of the Government’s financial advice advisory panel was held in Sydney yesterday, but the panel members have been asked to keep the issues discuss...
As the financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...
Standard and Poor’s Fund Services has reinstated its two-star ratings on two Colonial First State multi-manager portfolios after having placed them ‘on hold&#...
New generation platform providers have criticised the ‘preferential programs’ initiated by their peers, claiming they have the potential to bias the advice gi...
Tim Sanderson takes a look at the Centrelink compensation rules for those unable to work due to injury....
Zurich Investments has announced a key management appointment, recruiting Tim Meggitt as head of key accounts....
As a political debate rages around the power of the major banks, Mike Taylor writes that far more is at stake than just home loan interest rates....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...