Brisbane-based dealer group WB Financial Management has added two practices to the brand as apart of a new growth strategy, following its receipt of a quality assurance c...
Nearly half of first time retail hedge fund investors involve a financial planner in the transaction, according to a new Macquarie/Investment Trends Alternative Investmen...
The collapse of property scheme Australian Capital Reserve (ACR) yesterday has not resulted in significant calls from distressed consumers to financial services or legal ...
The Short-Form Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), promulgated into law in December 2005, is reflected in a technical update to Policy Statement 168 released yesterday by...
Investors should reassess their commercial property holdings as stable and tax efficient investment vehicles on the back of falling yields, according to a new report from...
Industry associations broadly welcomed the introduction of the Simpler Regulatory System Bill into the House of Representatives yesterday....
WHK Group is to acquire Perth-based accounting firm Grant Thornton Perth, in the process increasing its total acquired revenue for the current financial year to more than...
Westpoint liquidator PricewaterhouseCoopers has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court to recover at least $6 million in client commissions from a number of financial...
ING is urging clients to register their Tax File Number with their super fund to ensure their life insurance cover is protected when the new Simpler Superannuation rules ...
There is cautious optimism within the industry that a proposed consumer ‘compensation’ fund levy has been dropped from newly announced legislation mandating financial pla...
Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...
Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...