Financial planners have a key role in educating consumers that life cover provided in super may not be enough....
Eighty years on, the vision of founder William McCormick Blair still guides the funds management business that bears his name, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue. ...
The FPA announces policy chief Dante De Gori as the successor to Mark Rantall as CEO....
Significant growth in adviser numbers over the last 12 months has prompted the Madison Financial Group to appoint Jaime Johns as national practice development manager....
Increasing numbers of SMSF trustees are turning to direct property investments offering yields of more than twice those available through term deposits, Charter Hall reve...
Employers who inadvertently pay SG contributions late, or short-pay by a small amount, will face smaller penalties under legislation proposed by the Government....
A claimed lack of innovation in the financial planning software sector has seen independently-owned advice group, Infocus Wealth Management, develop an in-house managed a...
With few places to hide, many investors have been forced to take greater risks to secure returns, leaving them exposed when the tide turns, a funds manager warns....
Regulatory reform is needed to enable the planning industry to develop of a wider range of retirement income products to address longevity risk, the CBA believes....
A Melbourne-based property developer will spend a minimum of three years behind bars for his role in misappropriating more than $750,000 of investors’ funds....


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
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....
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...