ASSIRT and Asgard will form a closer relationship in the future following the appointment of Caroline Saunders to oversee Assirt’s funds research business in addition to ...

THE RECENTLY launched Boutique Financial Planning Principal Group (BFPPG) has almost doubled its membership in its first month of existence since launching at the end of ...

The providers of margin lending products could be the next victims from the worsening crisis over professional indemnity insurance for financial planners....

PROFESSIONAL indemnity insurance premiums have risen dramatically in the financial advisory marketplace, resulting in more costly advice and administration fees for consu...

Alternative investments challenge the very core of investment theory because they open up the debate between relative and absolute returns. As FIONA MOORE reports, it is ...

While SRIs have been an attractive option for many investors, the honeymoon may well be over. KATE KACHOR reports on what effect the current insurance crisis and the publ...

Mortgage fraud can significantly impact a client’s available funds, thanks to the fudging of a few figures enabling individuals to borrow more than they should. SIMON PUR...

Three months after the Financial Services Reform Act was passed, ASIC is still pushing its licensing message to the financial services industry to get organised and get c...

Just over a year since Suncorp Metway purchased the Australian GIO general insurance business of AMP for $1.24 billion, it has announced a major recruitment of financial ...

Building society IMB has continued its recent push into the wider financial services business with the development of a funds management division....

While the insurance industry is in disarray and premiums are going through the roof, risk insurance is too important to be dismissed. JOHN ASHTON reports on how planners ...

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has confirmed they are working towards launching a risk master trust and are currently in talks with a number of risk providers in ...

Investor Security Group (ISG) owner and director Robert Keavney will team up with Malcolm Turnbull to launch a new planning group aimed at the high net worth end of the m...

Sealcorp’s director of investments and insurance, Caroline Saunders, has landed the job looking after Assirt’s funds research business in addition to her responsibilities...