The big four banks are closing the gap with the smaller banks on consumer satisfaction levels, recording a 79.6 per cent satisfaction score....
FOS is proposing to more than double its maximum membership fee to $25,000. ...
Planners and dealer groups warned on potential costs embedded in Privacy Act changes for client data breaches....
Industry bodies call into question Rice Warner research on costs of SMSFs....
Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....
Financial advisers will need to untangle the complexities of the new aged care reforms so that their clients do not miss out on income, a fund management firm believes. ...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said policy makers should consider a range of factors before moving the qualifying age for the age pension to ...
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft expresses concern at the time it takes to get matters before the courts....
APRA reports super assets have risen again over the 12 months to September 2013...
Investing in an index was like looking in a rear vision mirror when the aim of investing should be to look forward, according to a boutique Australian equities manager....


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...