Key bodies representing the financial services industry have broadly welcomed the Rudd Government's plans to overhaul the financial advice industry, but there are some ca...
Tower's David Denison explains why life insurance products are updated....
Government legislation dealing with the tax arrangements for managed investments trusts is necessary to ensure the managed funds sector is run efficiently and responsibly...
The FPA Board has re-stated its belief that commission payments to advisers on the sale of insurance products should continue, saying a shift to fee-for-service in this a...
AXA has announced that the company's North platform, which is built on Wealth.Net and has been in development for the last two years, will eventually completely replace t...
Adviser-owned dealer group Matrix Planning Solutions has argued it's time for the FPA and the AFA to become one entity....
Research commissioned by Lifewise has illustrated the impact of underinsurance on both families and government expenditure....
Superannuation association industry bodies have urged the Cooper Review, in a joint submission, to reconsider its superannuation recommendations contained in the review's...
ING Australia has warned the Cooper Review against pursuing restrictive and anti-competitive practices by maintaining choice of fund and appropriate adviser remuneration....
IFSA has welcomed new board member Ian Ward-Amber, managing director of Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management....
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has repeated its call for a lifting of the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent in light of the findings of su...
MLC has appointed Dean Thomas as the general manager of its MasterKey investment platform, where he will be responsible for managing and developing the suite of investmen...
The Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen, has signalled the likelihood of further tax changes impacting investment and funds management in the Federal Budget....
The risk insurance awareness initiative Lifewise has seen support numbers double since its launch in May 2009....
A focus on broader superannuation policy has left a number of the technically challenging details introduced in the Better Super package unresolved, particularly where co...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....