Hundreds of advice firms may not have PI policies that meet ASIC’s RG126 requirements, a report reveals....
Investors are being urged to prepare for continued volatility across global financial markets in the first half of 2016....
Choice product dashboards may break the ‘set-and-forget’ approach many Australians take to their superannuation, research reveals....
Perpetual will continue to expand its advice services for medical specialists through its acquisition of Fintuition....
A South Australian accountant has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 plus costs after advising a client to invest substantial sums in failed agriculture schemes....
Retail super fund managers are likely to have an anxious Christmas, with more than one in four members reporting they are likely to switch funds over the next five years....
Small-scale investors are being offered the opportunity to buy into one of Australia’s biggest agricultural properties, through a crowd-funding campaign....
Most private equity limited partners believe they lack the investment skills and experience to successfully co-invest, but many believe they can secure strong returns....
Talk of the demise of asset consultants is greatly exaggerated, a leading investment consultant believes....
Calls for the AFA and FPA to unite to form a single representative voice for financial advisers, is unlikely to result in a marriage between the two groups....
Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...