The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Jeffrey Lucy, has reiterated that it will not be imposing its views with respect to the fee-for-serv...
Underlying hot topics like the commissions debate, Australia’s insurance gap and compliance is the need to boost consumer confidence and reinforce the value of advice, ac...
The Macquarie Financial Services Group has selected nine funds out of a group of 30 to add to the investment menu of its flagship platform product Macquarie Wrap Solution...
The founding principal of AQR Capital Management, the new international equities alliance partner of BT Financial Group , feels the ‘tech bubble’ experienced by world equ...
An executive at a leading Australian funds management organisation has expressed concerns about the impact the Government’s Future Fund will have on investment markets in...
Financial advisers need to minimise the risks associated with their practices in order to realise the highest value for their businesses when looking at succession planni...
The WHK group has begun its push to grow its financial services activities in the Sydney market via internal and external means, with the opening of a Prescott Securitie...
Westpac Financial Planning has embarked on a recruitment campaign involving advertising, education, an internal awareness program, and longer-term career path preparatio...
A Newspoll survey commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association has found Australians in general still need to improve their levels of financial liter...
The chief executive of a specialist self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) administrator has predicted members of these funds will be revisiting the type of property in...


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...