ING has announced it will begin to offer a new range of back office services to advisers who work within its distribution arms or make use of ING products externally....
Nearly three quarters of financial planners are selling or recommending life and risk products, according to a survey commissioned by ING....
Professional Investment Services plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) before the end of the next financial year....
After months of waiting, the Federal Government has finally introduced the Financial Services Reform Bill into parliament....
BT Funds Management head of Australian equities Rohan Headley will leave the group after 13 years....
Financial planners are being encouraged to offer advice to large numbers of first time shareholders involved in the share buyback scheme currently underway with the NRMA....
Count Financial is set to roll out a new financial planning group, Compound Investments, to sit alongside Count Wealth Accountants. ...
Commonwealth Investment Management (CIM) has indicated it will continue to create investment products and develop distribution despite a trend by a number of its competit...
The leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley has stated that a Labor government may legally require superannuation funds to vote with shareholders at company meetings....
The Financial Planning Association has secured a partial victory in its ongoing struggle with the Federal Government and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) regarding the Ali...


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...