Canstar Cannex has warned that while direct life insurance does have a place, consumers who don't seek advice may end up paying higher premiums....
The liquidator of Storm Financial has received a record-breaking grant from the regulator to identify and pursue investigations into misconduct by the former directors of...
The chief executive of Forest Enterprises Australia, Andrew White, will have the potential to earn more than $800,000 this year for steering the listed agribusiness compa...
A Queensland financial planner has used his submission to the Rippoll inquiry to question the motives and actions of industry superannuation funds in what he views as a "...
Mark Bulcher will leave Suncorp at the end of next month, having completed the transition of the Promina and Suncorp businesses....
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed yesterday that will allow Australians and New Zealanders to transfer their retirement savings across the Tasman, a scheme Treasur...
Colin Woods has taken up the role of general manager, MLC sales, taking on the portfolio previously managed by Peter Greenaway, who will remain with the group....
The impact of the global financial crisis appears to have slowed a push by one of Australia's biggest publishing houses, Fairfax, into the online managed funds space....
A proposed new bill will require hedge fund managers to reveal previously hidden information about their funds to both regulators and investors, and is reported to includ...
New research shows that one in four self-funded retirees are being forced to return to work as a result of losses to their retirement savings....


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....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
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...