Australian Skandia distribution chief Charles Magro has been named as a director of the business as it moves to implement “a unique business development model”....
Louise Biti has relocated within the ING camp to manager of technical strategy for ING Financial Planning (INGFP), broadening her previous role as RetireInvest technical ...
Have you qualified as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)? Why/ why not?...
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) has set up a master trust service for its member groups. ...
Educators in the financial planning industry have banded together to form the Financial Planners Education Association (FPEA). ...
Life insurance companies will not require policy holders to undergo genetic testing under a ruling delivered by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ...
Less than one in ten agribusiness investment schemes on the market passed analysis by van Eyk Capital this year. ...
Macquarie Funds Management joint group head Greg Matthews has left the group following a contracted downturn in Macquarie's performance. ...
Financial planning and accountancy consolidator Stockford Limited closed its public offering yesterday fully subscribed at $20 million....
More than two thirds of Australia’s superannuation fund members have a taste for environmental investments which if fuelling demand for agricultural investments such as t...


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....
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...