Reading their submissions to the Ripoll inquiry, it's clear that not only do ASIC and Treasury hold very different views, but Treasury, in particular, has no desire to se...
ROGER BRIDGES considers the changing nature of fixed interest....
DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....
With new research revealing that Australian superannuation fund members remained rusted on to their funds despite the GFC, there are calls for more focus on the quality o...
New Investment Trends research has revealed the degree to which confidence in managed funds and financial planners has taken a hit....
A new survey of fund managers around the world suggests it is too early to call an end to the global financial crisis....
Perpetual's funds under management are continuing to grow from the lows recorded at the peak of the global financial crisis....
Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...
The top life companies in the Money Management/Dexx&r Adviser Choice Risk Awards are devoting more resources to adviser and client education to tap into the surging risk ...
There are tentative signs discretionary bonuses in employee pay packets are making a comeback....
Further signs have emerged of a recovery in the financial services jobs market, but off a very low base....
The global financial crisis is spurring record demand by advice firm principals for help in putting succession plans in place, according to the head of IPAC Business Part...
Australian superannuation funds have emerged as the fastest growing in the world, but the GFC means it may be years before they make up recent losses....
Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....
The financial services industry needs to be alert to the fact that the Government is tightening regulatory control of the industry and its markets – not in a legislative ...
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...