Trinity Funds Management's Investor Advisory Board (IAB) has formed a new committee to deal with the tender process for the management of Trinity's unlisted funds....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's superannuation tables are not reflective of many superannuants' experiences, nor a meaningful indicator of how super fund...
New client suitability tests for margin lending may be only the beginning of such assessments for financial services products, a specialist lawyer has said....
FIIG Securities has launched a financial planner services unit focused on providing access to fixed-income investments....
MLC has used its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry to call for a comprehensive review of the Financial Services Reform Act, saying the FSR is working against its original ...
While trustees will have relief from FSR, clients can still sue for negligent advice....
Draft margin lending regulations and 'example documents', including a draft Product Disclosure Statement, are likely to be released within the next couple of weeks, accor...
Significant tax issues facing financial services, some recommendations likely to be excluded from consultation....
Macquarie Equities has taken top honours in the 2009 Money Management/CoreData Dealer Group of the Year awards, while Commonwealth Financial Planning has been named the l...
Receivers and managers have been appointed to troubled City Pacific following the loss of its First Mortgage Fund....


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...