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....
Some of the community anger directed towards the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) after its Melbourne Cup day rate hike appears to have trickled down to the funds man...
Changes to the way the financial services industry operates are keeping the master trust and platform sector on its toes, says Janine Mace....
Despite the significant changes taking place in the financial planning sector, masterfunds continue to dominate the financial services industry, something that is unlikel...
Tim Sanderson explains the importance of understanding member obligations when it comes to SMSFs....
Tim Sanderson explains the importance of understanding member obligations when it comes to SMSFs....
Research house Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Fund Services has placed two Colonial First State (CFS) funds on hold, following the resignation of another financial...
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...