Australian Public Trustees (APT) has had its AFS licence cancelled after breaching a number of its financial and reporting obligations....
The Rudd government has promised a five-year freeze on super changes, but the Coalition remains sceptical....
The same company which produced research claiming FOFA would make advice cheaper is now in the headlines for giving women more super than men....
Pan-Asian insurer AIA Group has boosted new business by more than 25 per cent. ...
Australia should emulate France in introducing a "floating retirement age", according to the Combined Superannuants and Pensioners Association. ...
A number of important legislative changes for the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector were not implemented before Parliament rose, according to Peter Burgess, head of p...
The traditional superannuation balanced fund, with its 70/30 allocation to growth and defensive assets, is limiting investors and failing to deliver appropriate investmen...
Small businesses will have recourse to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal as well as other external disputes resolution services under changes announced by the Federa...
Schroders Australia CEO Greg Cooper has been elected chairman of the Financial Services Council (FSC)....
Zenith Investment Partners’ Daniel Liptak has joined newly-established specialist institutional consulting firm ZG Advisors. ...
AMP has settled on two court proceedings: one class action which affected superannuation members and a second regarding insurer policies. ...
ASIC has released the results of the latest adviser exam, with August’s pass mark improving on the sitting from a year ago. ...
The inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and broader wealth management companies by the Senate economics references committee will not be re-adopted. ...
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...