Insurer Rural & General Insurance Broking has attracted more regulatory attention, this time from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), over concer...
Providing the level of advice to suit the client’s needs using different groups of advisers allows St George Bank Advisers to cover more of the bank’s customer base....
Even though Count Wealth Accountants’ managing director Barry Lambert says, “Our emphasis is not on growth – not to be the biggest, just the best”, this philosophy has se...
RetireInvest is on the up and up – and they want you....
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chief executive, Graeme Thompson, will end his five year term of appointment at the end of the month, it was announced t...
One of Australia’s largest public companies Wesfarmers Limited has emerged as the potential buyer of insurance and financial services group Lumley, entering into exclusiv...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has moved in on property investment seminar promoters, obtaining undertakings from Henry Kaye, Alan Meagher, National...
Westpac and BT have appointed Scott Walters in the newly redefined role of head of financial planning, replacing Brett Himbury who left Westpac last month....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is again being sued for defamation by Rural & General Insurance Broking, following an earlier aborted defamation pro...
Trust general manager funds management Jeremy Edmonds will leave the company following restructuring as a result of the merger of Permanent Trustees and Trust Company of ...


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...