Insurance companies need to be more transparent in their reasons for obtaining Health Insurance Commission (HIC) reports, which can add up to 10 weeks to claim times, acc...
As part of its restructure and the formation of its new board, Austock has announced the appointment of Steven Gregg as its new independent non-executive chairman....
Dealer groups must adopt programs that encourage practices to employ junior financial planners, according to e-Jobs Recruitment Specialists director Trevor Punnett. ...
Concerns about regulatory risk will see people relying more on voluntary savings than superannuation....
Fraud affects all super funds, not just SMSFs: Sharyn Long....
ASFA and AIST backs report to remove the $450 monthly minimum threshold for superannuation guarantee payments, which they say mainly affects the super balances of women....
AMP director of financial planning advice solutions Steve Helmich has been elected to the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) for a four-year term....
Gunns Limited has signed an implementation agreement to replace Great Southern (GSMAL) as the responsible entity of the 1998-2006 forestry managed investment schemes (Pul...
Great Southern's creditors yesterday voted for the majority of the Great Southern companies to be liquidated....
The co-founder of ipac Securities, Peeyush Gupta, to serve three years on the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) effective April 2010....


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...