Industry super funds have outperformed commercial master trusts on net benefits to members for the ninth quarter in a row, according to new comparative research modelling...
Implementation of the Federal Budget superannuation initiatives will result in intense competition between fund managers to develop pension products and services to attra...
Wealth manager Bravura Solutions is seeking to raise approximately $40 million through an ASX public listing, primarily to fund product development, future acquisitions a...
The head of a major Australian bank has included financial planners in a number of finance sectors he claims have been “tickled, but barely touched” by regulation....
A NAB financial planner has pleaded guilty to charges of deceiving a number of the bank’s clients into investing in a Bahamas-based entity that went on to sustain collect...
Strong inflows to its newly launched Century Balanced Fund No 1 has helped direct property boutique Century Funds Management to a 16.1 per cent return (annualised over fi...
MacarthurCook has followed up quickly on its recent approval as an investment manager by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, launching a new real estate fund in th...
Leading industry researchers have called for changes to the direct property sector to match investor expectations on fees, diversification and liquidity....
Australian baby boomers are looking to spend their retirement living life to the full, and are actively planning to be able to sustain it, according to a Commonwealth Fin...
The underlying structure of some platform products could impede the broad objective of the FPA’s conflict of interest principles which require advisers to stipulate what ...


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...