Westpac has restructured its divisions and recruited a key executive, Brian Hartzer, from Royal Bank of Scotland....
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has flagged surveillance around residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) disclosure standards in 2012....
The Government's success in negotiating support for its Mineral Resource Rent Tax has given the green light to a higher superannuation guarantee....
The Federal Government has released a new consultation paper on modernising the taxation of family trusts and declared it is not looking at taxing trusts as companies....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has warned against over-complicating securitisation and playing at the edge of the rules....
Matthew Esler appointed head of Adviser Services at Ibbotson Associates....
A better than expected performance by equities during October has helped drive positive superannuation returns....
If conventional funds can offer greater choice and flexibility they may yet provide competition for SMSFs....
Multiport passes $150 million managed accounts milestone....
Despite ongoing lobbying by financial planners, there exists no certainty that key independents Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie will support key FOFA amendments....
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...