The planning industry faces an obstacle in ensuring consumers are aware that advisers are improving their education standards, if it wants to see the possible improvement...
The founder and former managing director and chief executive of the SMSF Association, Andrea Slattery, is the latest appointment to the AMP board as a non-executive direc...
Four out of five advisers believe that the Best Interests Duty has been necessary to raise industry standards, with the compliance regime improving their confidence in th...
ASIC has entered a change of the responsible entity for an Aurora Fund in its record of registration, despite submissions made by Aurora Funds Management to the contrary,...
A former Treasury official has found that workers could end up $124,000 worse off at retirement if they were in the Future Fund rather than some top quartile industry sup...
MTAA Super has announced an administration fee reduction of 10 cents a week, saying it will result in a six per cent annual saving for members....
A Hobart financial planner who was not sufficiently trained, despite holding a Diploma of Financial Planning from Kaplan, or competent to provide financial services has b...
The Age has uncovered that corporate regulators, including ASIC, have been “wined, dined and given corporate gifts without scrutiny” by those in the industries they are m...
The ‘top ten’ list of default funds doesn’t adequately respond to the issues with multiple accounts or underperforming super funds identified by the Productivity Commissi...
While the Productivity Commission modified its earlier findings to better reflect true SMSF returns in its final report, Class has warned that aspects of its calculations...
ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision following this week's monetary policy meeting....
A former financial adviser who stole $4.4 million from his family and friends to feed gambling debts has been permanently banned by ASIC....
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...