With the Federal Election campaign now approaching the halfway mark, Mike Taylor notes that there has been precious little discussion about financial services, the Future...
The Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen, has signalled the Government’s attraction to standard fee for fund managers....
New FINSIA research reveals continuing challenges regarding financial wellbeing in retirement, including operational risks for SMSFs in retirement....
Tower chief executive, Jim Minto, extols virtue of advice in closing insurance gap....
The Government's election policy embrace of MySuper has gained qualified industry endorsement, with warnings to end union/industry fund dominance of default super....
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has welcomed the Federal Government's endorsement of a SPAA/Australian Artists Association art ...
The global financial crisis has been a game changer and, as Dominic McCormick writes, advisers need to view previously conventional buy and hold strategies as being tanta...
The possibility of standardised commissions has emerged as an option as major insurers have urged the Federal Government to act cautiously and consult widely on the Coope...
UBS Global Asset Management has reappointed National Australia Bank's asset servicing division to provide custody and administration services for UBS GAM's A$8.1 billion ...
The calling of an election has seen the Government’s financial services policy changes go on hold....
The risk insurance market continues to flourish in the current economic environment, while retirement income has recorded another 20 per cent fall in premium inflows over...
The Cooper Review doesn't say anything about superannuation that financial planners didn't know already, writes Mike Taylor....
The Federal Opposition is reserving judgement on the Cooper Review recommendation to ban insurance commissions while the financial planning sector battles it out with the...
The demand for specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) accreditation has jumped dramatically in light of the Future of Financial Advice and Cooper Review reform recomme...
Since there is bipartisan support for the removal of commissions from planner remuneration, the outcome of a Federal Election will not change the fact that commissions ar...
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,...