Eighty-four per cent of Australians earning over $50,000 per year do not have a formal investment plan for the future, with 50 per cent relying on financial media and soc...
The former managing director of Morningstar, Graham Rich, has signed joint venture agreements with Plan-for-Life and Resnik Communications, as part of the role out of his...
Many financial planners are still unaware they could face hefty fines or even jail terms for not providing ‘wholistic, appropriate or reasonable’ advice to their clients ...
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has begun a ratings system for master trusts and wrap accounts after today releasing the details of its latest research product, the Master Trust ...
The advice planners provide to clients goes hand in hand when it comes to what planners do with their own super. <caps>FIONA MOORE</caps><b><caps> </caps></b>asked three ...
Australia’s agricultural investment industry has reacted in favour of the recent crackdown by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and the Australian Securities and Investment...
A director of a taxation business in Melbourne has undertaken not to act as a representative of a securities dealer or investment adviser or hold a proper authority from ...
Consistent outperformance across a range of asset classes was the key to accolades in the multi-sector category of the 2002 Fund Manager of the Year awards....
ANTHONY SERHAN outlines how Assirt judges the Fund Manager of the Year awards....
Former managing director and publisher of Morningstar Australia, Graham Rich has resurfaced in the financial services industry with a business venture that will capitalis...
Practice management can mean the difference between having an efficient or sloppy planning business. KATE KACHOR reports on what the industry considers the best and worst...
A former director of the Pegasus Leveraged Options Group, Craig John McKim, has been banned from being involved in the management of a company for 30 years....
Former JB Were private client adviser, partner and deputy manager Robert Fiani has joined the Macquarie Bank team as a director of Macquarie Financial Services....
Recently on a flight, I found myself sitting next to a couple also on their way back home to Airlie Beach, near Mackay. Striking up a conversation, I found they had moved...
Sealcorp will relaunch its flagship master trust in May with the addition of a wrap facility, separately managed accounts and increased rebates on fund manager fees....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...