Restoring the reputation of financial planners could depend on a co-regulatory model, where the industry sets and monitors its own scrupulous standards, the FPA says. ...

Equity Trustees has been granted ministerial approval for its purchase of ANZ Trustees which makes the sale and purchase agreement between the two groups as unconditional...

ASIC admits it targeted the big planning groups for shadow shopping because it thought it would make the most impact....

Women are increasingly becoming disengaged from their superannuation, placing an onus on planners to start a dialogue about the issue in client consultations, a planner b...

Superannuation funds could ease governments’ budgetary pressures by financing major infrastructure projects around the world, IFM Investors and Industry Super Australia c...

Separately managed accounts’ (SMA) centralised reporting function makes them a superior option to managed funds, particularly following the growth of self-managed super f...

Accountants considering advice on SMSFs after July 2016 need to consider their business future ahead of licensing concerns ...

Dealer group Fortnum Financial Group has appointed MLC’s Joel Taylor to its newly-created role of national sales manager....

If increasing Australia’s superannuation savings pool is the aim of the game, introducing competition to the default funds space is a logical solution, writes Patricia Mo...

Advisers must be extremely diligent about ensuring they fulfill their duty of care, as two recent court cases have shown. David Glen runs through the post-FOFA adviser ch...