ASIC's recent scaled advice consultation paper does a fantastic job of clarifying how scaled advice will work in practice but leaves one significant gap, according to MyA...
Promoting the value of advice and improving consumer confidence are some of the main goals of this year's Financial Planning Week, according to FPA chief Mark Rantall....
AMP Capital's core property fund has received a four-star rating from S&P after being placed on hold in March....
Stephen Hayes has been appointed head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management's property securities team....
AMP will continue to grow its SMSF capabilities in the second half of 2012....
One-off expenses AMP estimates it will incur dealing with regulated changes highlight the need to have performed a regulatory impact assessment on FOFA, according to Sena...
SMSF trustees need to make sure loans are 'real' loans and not 'financial accommodations' to ensure they are compliant....
New research suggests financial planners have once again cut the amount charged for advice in a bid to maintain or increase business profitability....
Baby boomers are more pessimistic about Australia's economic outlook than any other generation, according to RaboDirect's latest study....
AXA's former national recruitment manager for financial planning Mike Stewart has been appointed to lead Radar Results' sales, acquisition and merger operations within th...


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...