The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that consumers are the missing ingredient in FOFA legislation which risks decimating the financial planning industry....
Consumer groups including Choice and the Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) have welcomed the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills but argue they n...
Unlike other developed economies, Australia still has a full suite of policy tools at its disposal as it attempts to deal with the current global downturn, according to H...
Publicly listed financial services company, Firstfolio, has entered into a joint venture with specialist financial products provider Evergreen Finance Company to develop ...
IOOF has reduced the investment fee of the IOOF Multi Series Balanced Trust by 10 basis points to 0.55 per cent, and increased the trust's exposure to active management....
Australian unlisted wholesale core property returned 9.3 per cent in 2011, down slightly from 9.5 per cent in 2010, according to the Mercer/IPD Australian Pooled Property...
Vanguard Investments has warned the wording of the FOFA bills runs contrary to the best interests of end investors....
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to change some of its advertised loan comparison rates after concerns were raised by the Australian Securities and Investmen...
The SMSF model had become increasingly attractive to younger investors over the past few years with the trend set to continue, according to predictions by SPAA....
Standard and Poor's Fund Services (S&P) has affirmed the ratings of 25 global emerging market capabilities across three peer groups of global emerging markets, Asia (excl...
ASIC has cancelled the AFS licence of a Sydney wealth firm, the fifth Sydney firm to see a cancellation since the start of the year....
A former financial adviser has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for inappropriate advice, among multiple breaches....
ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of a Melbourne fund manager responsible for six managed investment schemes....
Well done Keith and Neil, these Canberra Bureaucrats need to be stopped. ...
WHEN I RETIRED A LOT OF GUY'S WERE STILL PRACTICING FORMS OF COLD CALLING. There nothing wrong with it as a way of estab...
I thought you joined a dealer to be protected and have a better version of regulation explained, BUT The dealers themsel...