The Financial Service Inquiry is unlikely to drive deep changes to the financial services sector according to an analysis of the 270 submissions made to the inquiry....
Current tax rules around retirement products are increasingly impinging on the flexibility of retirees, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says....
Super funds have received a deadline extension to 1 July 2015 for compliance with fee and cost disclosure requirements....
While conventional wisdom holds that cash-focused SMSFs lag conventional funds, new data suggests otherwise. ...
Growth in the Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market continues to outpace the global ETF landscape, yet local investors seem reluctant to invest in fixed income ETF...
Westpac’s business customers are the most optimistic about the Australian economy of the Big Four, the latest Roy Morgan Research Business Survey reveals....
Senate Committee recommends FOFA amendments be passed but Greens and Labor Senators object to all the suggested changes....
The AFA is not surprised by the report of the Parliamentary Committee on the FOFA amendments but wants the line held on product advice....
Shine Lawyers is set to launch as class action against Sandhurst Trustees after securing a Federal Court ruling relating to the $30 million collapse of failed property le...
The group risk space has grown by almost a third in the last year, new data shows. ...


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...