Planners have next to no education in the area of direct property investment, which, according to some industry commentators, is a serious oversight. Mike Taylor reports....
As the financial services sector has grown and matured throughout South-East Asia, Australia has emerged as an educational centre of excellence. Mike Taylor reports....
The Australian Labor Party is expected to outline a full choice superannuation model when it uses next month’s Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) annual...
The financal services industry should abandon its focus on end-of-month performance figures with investors needing to understand quarterly data at least presents a more a...
The Federal Government will today gazette amended superannuation portability regulations after having reached agreement with the Australian Democrats on the consolidation...
AMP Limited has cleared one of the final hurdles to the demerger of its Australian and UK operations, following receipt today of ‘in principle’ approval from the Australi...
Australia’s best-performing super funds recently have been those with a higher than average allocation towards property and minimal exposure to international equities, wr...
The Australian Democrats will continue their support for legislation supporting superannuation co-contributions for low-income earners when it returns to the Senate, desp...
The Federal Government is today expected to veto yesterday’s Senate amendments to its superannuation legislation which in effect clear the way for the transmission of tax...
Investors have been warned to taper their high bullish sentiment levels towards Australian equities by the president of the Australian Investors’ Association (AIA), Bob A...


BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
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...