The FPA is concerned that Budget cuts impacting ASIC may, in turn, impact planners in higher costs....
Measures in the Abbott Government’s inaugural budget have divided financial planning groups, prompting both praise and condemnation. ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been told by the Government to “adjust its priorities” to achieve savings of $120.1 million over five year...
Government moves to include untaxed super in Seniors Health Card assessment while abolishing Seniors Supplement from 1 July....
Government changes generous defined benefit military super to accumulation arrangements....
The Government has, as expected, introduced a three-year levy on Australians earning over $180,000 while closing off FBT loopholes....
Budget delivers on allowing withdrawal of excess contributions without penalty....
AIST disappointed that the superannuation guarantee rise will be delayed a further 12 months....
Traditional investors are being increasingly drawn to ETFs, but severe knowledge gaps about how the investment vehicle works are holding them back, research has found. ...
Questions are being raised over financial advisers’ focus on traditional products, with a survey showing more than half of respondents viewed specialist risk as a priorit...


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...