The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a class order to extend the transition period for the new shorter Product Disclosure Statement (P...

Regulated superannuation funds are increasingly being seen as a 'honey pot' and should largely be excluded from the Government's proposed compensation levy system, accord...

Snowball Group has announced that it has reached an acceptance rate of 61 per cent from Shadforth Financial Group Holdings shareholders for its offer to take over the com...

Self-managed super fund education provider, SMSF Academy, has labelled industry reactions to draft regulations on collectible investments as "making a mountain out of a m...

One in 10 adult Australians have misrepresented their personal financial circumstances when applying for credit, according to new research....

The push to achieve professionalism in financial planning needs to go beyond planners to include all participants in the industry, according to general manager of advice ...

In a submission to the Government's draft regulations on collectibles and personal use assets in SMSFs, an industry association has asked for even further tightening of t...

While the soft dollar spotlight has been firmly shone on all-expenses paid trips and lavish gifts given to financial advisers, the Treasury's proposed ban on these paymen...

The directors of Shadforth Financial Group Holdings have led by example and accepted the takeover offer by Snowball Group for all of their shares....

Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market looks set to double in size by the end of 2013, with up to 80 funds, at a value of $10 billion, listed on the stock exchange...