Industry stalwart Louise Biti has launched a new business offering aimed at assisting financial advisers deal with providing aged car advice....
Legg Mason moves to attract retail investors and SMSFs by dropping initial investment minimums to $30,000....
AMP's super product AMP Flexible Super has notched up over $10 billion in assets under management this month....
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has issued a revised standard covering forensic accounting standards....
Henderson Global Investors has further grown its Australian presence with the launch of a new fund — the Henderson Global Equity Fund....
A new survey has revealed narrow majority support for making super funds subject to the same rules as publicly-listed companies....
ASIC's goal to improve the standard of advice given to prospective SMSF trustees has been welcomed by SPAA. ...
ICAA's Liz Westover argues that a broad assessment of super and retirement incomes system is needed before lifting the pension age. ...
The SMSF sector showed solid asset growth in the three months to 30 September 2013, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. ...
While there are more than 2,000 companies listed on the ASX, the vast majority of SMSF investments are in a handful of stocks, according to Amanda Skelly, head of SPDR ET...


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...