Lonsec has reviewed the BT Small Companies Fund and has awarded the fund a ‘recommended’ rating....
More than 50 investors who bought into a property scheme in North Queensland are mounting cases against an assortment of individual financial advisers, a dealer group, so...
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has been rated as a strong manager with strong sectors, while its four funds earned four stars in the latest review of the group from rese...
An association for small dealer groups has just been launched to give boutique dealer groups more clout when it comes to dealing with Government on issues such as complia...
An adviser who created a fictitious account with his employer, Barton Capital Securities, has been sidelined by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has failed to convince the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) that planners who advised clients to invest in mass marketed tax sche...
Australian Skandia is preparing to launch its own personal superannuation and allocated pension products after confirming today that it had managed to obtain Approved Tru...
Colonial First State Investments raked in more than $934 million in retail fund inflows over the March quarter, almost $400 million more than its nearest competitor, AMP,...
LACHLAN GILBERT examines how the recent court case against stockbrokers Hartley Poynton may have enormous implications for financial planners....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has placed an interim stop order on the Timber Australia Project’s prospectus of April 19....


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...