Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority submission shines light on the degree to which Australia’s major banks have been advantaged by the Government’s...
AXA Asia Pacific moves to strengthen its capital position and, in the process, decides not to proceed with its Dividend Reinvestment Plan....
The award modernisation process being pursued by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission has revealed strong differences of opinion between industry superannuation...
With the global financial crisis giving rise to increasing numbers of financial scams, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it is clamping d...
Margin lenders will be forced to more closely check the borrowing capacity of margin lending clients under new legislation being developed by the Federal Government and o...
The Henry Tax Review, the 2009-10 Budget, industry sentiment, planner remuneration and regulation are all contentious issues that will be up for discussion at Money Manag...
The Australian Taxation Office has pointed to a spike in the number of self-managed superannuation funds being established but cautions that more testing marketing condit...
Financial planners have been warned that estate planning is about more than just making a will and that they risk curtailing possible revenue streams if they fail to unde...
Former High Court Judge Sir Anthony Mason believes failures such as Westpoint and Storm point to the need for tighter regulation of financial services....
Taxation expert warns planners about conflicts of interest implications if they are involved in transferring retirement funds from overseas into products that generate co...
AMP has settled on two court proceedings: one class action which affected superannuation members and a second regarding insurer policies. ...
ASIC has released the results of the latest adviser exam, with August’s pass mark improving on the sitting from a year ago. ...
The inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and broader wealth management companies by the Senate economics references committee will not be re-adopted. ...
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...