Money Management responds to FPA chairman Matthew Rowe's recent claims that some sections of the trade media have a "clear bias" against FPA members. ...
The chairman of the Financial Planning Association, Matthew Rowe, recently sent an email to all members of the FPA accusing certain sections of the trade media of "select...
The cost of registering as a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor is likely to be in the hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, according to SMSF Professio...
The deepening use of social media for member communication is pushing superannuation funds closer to transgressing the legal frameworks set in place to govern general and...
The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation passed through the Senate yesterday, but there seems to be some confusion over whether the terms 'financial...
ASFA argues that the ATO and not superannuation funds should be the conduit for the changed tax arrangements impacting higher income earners....
Boutique fund manager Bennelong Funds Management has shone a light on the competitive pressures facing managers in the current environment, saying that boutiques are shut...
The average return of the median growth superannuation fund has fallen 2.3 per cent in May but there is still a chance of a positive financial year return, according to t...
Former AFS Group chief executive Pater Daly has joined one-stop-shop wealth management group Yellow Brick Road to aid its bid to recruit additional financial planning pra...
BMW has been ordered by ASIC to repay $1,392,667 to customers after the car financer breached the National Credit Code....
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
A professional year supervisor has been banned for five years after advice provided by his provisional relevant provider was deemed to be inappropriate, the first time th...
WT Financial’s Keith Cullen is eager for its Hubco initiative to see advice firms under its licence trade at multiples which are catching up to those UK and US financial ...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...