In this episode of Relative Return Unplugged, hosts Maja Garaca Djurdjevic and Keith Ford are joined by AMP’s chief economist, Shane Oliver, to discuss the ever-evolving state of global markets as the ...

The financial advice industry is experiencing a “champagne problem” regarding pricing, with advice firms seeing no need to cut their prices to remain competitive. In a Morningstar webinar, Daniel ...

ASIC has convened multiple sitting panels of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) regarding AFSL breach reports which have identified poor superannuation advice from financial advisers. The ...

Iress has made two appointments to its APAC wealth product and technology teams, one who joins from a superannuation fund and the second from accounting software platform Xero. Callum Masson has been ...

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, having had his firm’s Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) cancelled a year ago. Peter Surtenich ...

Marking a decade offering managed accounts in Australia, BlackRock has elaborated on the changes it has seen in their usage by financial advisers. Back in 2015, it said, only 4 per cent of new client ...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) remains firm on its stance that industry failures occurring in the financial advice sector is fundamentally an advice issue, rather than a product ...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has shared how much its member fees will rise in the next financial year. As part of its annual fee review process, the organisation said it will ...

Advisers may struggle to meet their ethics CPD requirements, but the learnings are paying off as research finds it has helped to reduce adviser misconduct and financial fraud. Under their mandatory ...

At least three global asset managers are expected to enter the Australian ETF market this year, according to State Street. The global ETF service provider’s 2025 Global ETF Outlook estimated Australia ...

Wealth managers have said they are experiencing difficulties in aligning their company’s in-house views with the ever-increasing needs of clients, according to MSCI. One of the features of wealth ...

Non-custody solutions may be on the rise, especially among high-net-worth (HNW) individuals, but there is a distinct divide in advisers’ understanding and knowledge of the products. Research by ...