In a move Asteron believes is market leading, the insurer will increase its maximum sum insured for total and permanent disability insurance to $300 million from February...
Westpac Financial Planning’s advisers will target the over-55 demographic in a concerted effort to capitalise on the proposed superannuation concessions stemming from las...
Macquarie Wealth Management’s affiliate dealer group Lachlan Wealth Management has announced CBD Financial Planning as its first Sydney-based partner....
The total financial services market is projected to grow at an average rate of 10.48 per cent per annum through to June 2016, according to the latest DEXX&R Market Projec...
Centro Properties Group has announced a number of changes to its $2 billion Centro Direct Property Fund (DPF) and $1.1 billion Centro Direct Property Fund International (...
Standard & Poor’s latest asset allocation report suggests further diversification of investment portfolios is increasingly important, with recent earnings growth outstrip...
Rubicon has launched an investment platform comprising of two Australian unit trusts that provide access to a range of global hedge funds, utilising an entirely performan...
Western Australian mortgage broker Pauline Murray has become the first to receive a new reverse mortgage accreditation from the Senior Australians Equity Release Associat...
Zurich’s addition of six new retail investment options to its superannuation plan and allocated pension products reflects areas its advisers felt were lacking from the ex...
The Challenger Financial Services Group’s funds under management, administration and advice surged to $46.4 billion in 2006, according to a recent quarterly announcement....


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...