A new financial product known as Endowment Bonds has been proposed as an annuity alternative by the Endowment Bond Exchange. ...
UNPRI’s anti-corruption initiative has been successful in changing the risk management practices of approximately 75 per cent of companies targeted....
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Halifax Investment Services after an investigation found deficiencies in the company’s risk management and complia...
ASIC has released a consultation paper that aligns with international standards on risk management for the managed funds sector, it said....
Staying out of growth assets is the biggest mistake financial advice clients make at the moment, according to David Bryant from Australian Unity Investments, who argues r...
In the ongoing debate about risk insurance fees versus commission, it’s time to think about the financial adviser's value proposition, writes Col Fullagar. ...
Frontier Advisors has bolstered its consulting team with five new hires. ...
Financial planning licensees need to take a close look at their Approved Product Lists (APLs) to ensure they are sufficiently broad, according to Minter Ellison partner R...
AMP Capital has added two portfolio managers to its alternatives team....
TAL has become the first Australian life insurer to sign on to the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance....
Global index company FTSE Group has launched a rules-based, long-short index, the FTSE Dynamic Commodity Index....
Praemium will take over as responsible entity of BlackRock's separately managed account scheme, with BlackRock to focus on providing asset management and risk management ...
Equity Trustees has signed up to specialist cross-border transaction network Calastone....
Ratings house Lonsec has awarded Equity Trustees Limited's Australian equities fund, the EQT Wholesale Flagship Fund, a "recommended" rating....
What are the benefits of using a commodity trading adviser (managed futures) fund in a portfolio? What is a reasonable allocation, and where should that allocation come f...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...