Asset allocation is becoming critically important in a world of shorter and more extreme investment cycles. This is where multi-asset funds come in, writes Janine Mace....
Are multi-asset funds the next big thing, deja vu - or perhaps a bit of both? Janine Mace reports....
Australian investors seem certain to close out the year with their allocations set to conservative and with half an eye on a struggling Europe, but as Mike Taylor reports...
Major platform providers across the industry are now moving away from a heavy period of platform consolidation to focus on developing and upgrading the remaining products...
FOFA reforms will mean financial advice groups will either move down the vertical integration path towards a hybrid model or focus purely on the professional advice model...
IRESS will set up a UK division after its XPLAN software was picked up by the UK's largest financial advice group, Sesame Bankhall Group....
An unconditional promise from the European Central Bank (ECB) to be the buyer of last resort for Italian bonds would provide reassurance to the market, according to Russe...
A former Perth stockbroker is facing fraud charges totalling $8.8 million, following an 18-month ASIC investigation....
Private equity appears to have outperformed according to the results of the latest Cambridge Associates index....
Accountants handling SMSFs will be able to cover off licensing via arrangement with MLC and AXA....
HUB24 has added seven dealer groups and three separately managed account managers to its client list, the platform provider has announced....
Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby recently called for increased transparency in the handling of superannuation funds by APRA amid widespread concerns in the financia...
The concerns about FOFA held by Australian financial planners have been placed in a global context....
It is important not to take legislation such as the recent round of superannuation reforms to parliament without first forming an industry consensus, according to Ministe...
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has announced a partnership with AXA and MLC to provide its 22,000 members with a comprehensive financial services package....
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,...