FINANCIAL SERVICES

People & Products

IRESS has launched its new client portal, available through XPLAN, to provide a front-end solution for client engagement. ...

image
People & Products

Nikko Asset Management Australia has announced the appointment of Naomi Edwards as its new non-executive director....

image
Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has accused the Government of caving into the retail banks and the wealth management sector in allowing ‘carve-outs’ from the design and distribu...

image
Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government is moving to introduce legislation which will have the effect of doubling the criminal and civil penalties which can be imposed against both corpor...

image
Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it will commence a review of school banking programs in primary schools....

image
Financial planning

Younger Australians are showing surprising levels of concern about retirement, with Roy Morgan finding that Generation Z is the most likely to ask friends and family for ...

image
Policy & Regulation

The new ombudsman vows to “proactively work with consumers, small business and the financial services sector to resolve and reduce financial disputes”....

image
Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has earned the widespread backing of the financial services industry for its proposed changes to superannuation policy aimed at improving women’s r...

image
Awards

Suzanne Smith has taken out Woman of the Year at the Money Management Women in Financial Services Awards, on a night that acknowledged some of the women doing the most to...

image
Editorial

The Royal Commission when combined with the Federal Election will dictate significant change for financial planners in 2019. ...

image
People & Products

Suzanne Smith has taken out Woman of the Year at the Money Management Women in Financial Services Awards, on a night that acknowledged some of the women doing the most to...

image
Policy & Regulation

The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has signalled his intention to take a greater role in superannuation and financial services policy, albeit the assistant treasurer, Stuart ...

image
Features

Mike Taylor writes that one of the few certainties flowing from the current Royal Commission is that the Australian financial services industry is facing further signific...

image
Financial planning

Financial services employees’ mental health is an ongoing issue, with 44 per cent of workers in the industry having left their job because of a poor mental health environ...

image
Financial planning

Specialist financial services lawyer, Dr Hillary Ray has suggested that in the aftermath of the Royal Commission, boards of AFSLs may need to make themselves much more aw...

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

1 month 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months ago

Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

3 weeks 6 days ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

2 weeks 5 days ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

1 week 4 days ago