Advisers should look at the risk profile of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) as well as the risk profiles of individual members, because the risk tolerance of a ...

Hedge funds measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI) declined slightly during October, having come off their highest levels of the year....

Major Australian banks’ AA/Stable ratings have remained unchanged and the banks will continue to strengthen capital ratios over the next 18 months to comply with more str...

Australian superannuation funds could have been buffered from the onslaught of the global financial crisis if they had invested more in Australian agriculture, according ...

Only one fund has been upgraded as part of Standard & Poor's Fund Services' ratings of funds in the diversified fixed interest income subsector, while five have been down...

Standard & Poor's (S&P's) Fund Services has withdrawn its rating of the Becton Diversified Property Fund....

There is a misconception that during the global financial crisis banks changed their lending criteria for those looking to acquire financial planning practices....

ASIC has released a second consultation paper on its proposals for compensation and professional indemnity (PI) insurance arrangements for credit licensees....

The Tax Office has issued an alert about life insurance bonds issued from tax havens to Australian residents that are aimed at circumventing tax payable under foreign inv...

The Virgin Money super fund has announced it will stop charging management fees for members on maternity or paternity leave, and is calling on other super funds to do the...