Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has launched a public consultation to gage stakeholder views on the potential introduction of an industry funding model for ASIC....
Zenith Investment Partners has claimed the coveted title of Money Management Ratings House of the Year for the second year in succession....
Financial services specialist, Fiducian Group, is forecasting a positive future, reporting its UNPAT increased 28 per cent in the 2015 financial year....
ClearView has posted an underlying net post tax profit of $22.9 million, with an 89 per cent increase in the number of advisers....
Principals of advice groups should take an active role in recruiting new advisers or risk being disappointed by HR firms’ choices, a financial service broker warns....
Accounting and advice groups looking to expand their operations are becoming increasingly frustrated by the lack of sellers in the market....
Accountants are being warned to start their applications for limited AFSLs now or risk missing the 1 July 2016 deadline....
A Western Australian financial adviser has been found to have breached her fiduciary duty by organising a $200,000 loan that saw her earn a $70,000 payment....
More than half of the 160 accountants who have applied for a limited AFSL have not been granted licences by ASIC....
New Countplus subsidiary, Advice389, has announced it has signed its first partnership agreement with Newcastle-based advice firm, Hunter Financial....


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...