The number of documented cases of people being refused insurance after being gene-tested has almost doubled since recent publicity about gene-testing according to directo...
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is unfairly hounding managers of strata investments who comply with the Managed Investments Act while allowing ...
Europe will become the place to invest as it rises from the doldrums and the US economy starts to tail off, according to Scudder Kemper Investments joint head of global e...
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has rolled out a multi-media disclosure document in a bid to develop a best-practice model for fund man-agers usi...
Lawyers and accountants will not be subject to the same licensing requirements as financial planners if the findings of the Joint Statutory Committee on Corporations and ...
The New Zealand financial planning annual get-together in Wellington late last month unlocked a number of themes and issues pertinent to the industry on both sides of the...
Newly elected national president of the Securities Institute Michael Willis has lent his voice to the argument calling for real estate agents to be subject to the same re...
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is to investigate the conduct and disclosure behaviour of life agents as phase two of its review of the disabil...
First Samuel managing director Anthony Starkins dropped a bombshell on the re-cent Asia Pacific Private Banking conference in Sydney, labelling private bankers both “gree...
The Labor Party will support the reforms outlined in CLERP 6 subject to a few amendments which will probably delay its introduction, says shadow minister for financial se...
While a reasonable proportion of investors access financial services information over the Internet and are confident in conducting transactions via this means, the majori...
Net inflows into the New Zealand retail funds industry during the March quarter were up almost $NZ60 million on the last quarter, according to the latest IPAC market shar...
Disclosure obligations under the proposed CLERP 6 legislation may unfairly dis-advantage some advisers, according to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national pres...
In an episode of the cult television cartoon, The Simpsons, mother Marge buys into a pretzel cart franchise for $500....
In response to the growing interest in share investing by Australians and as part of new regulations the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will offer...
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...