National Australia Bank Asset Servicing has won the custodial and administration services mandate for Maple-Brown Abott's retail funds....

Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten and regulators to address Financial Services Council's August national conference on the Gold Coast....

The newly released draft FOFA regulations indicate all financial contracts entered into prior to the application date of new regulations will be grandfathered....

AIA Australia launches product changes which help financial planners deliver insurance within superannuation....

The apparent eruption of a financial planning distribution turf war in the immediate aftermath of the acquisition of Count Financial by the Commonwealth Bank has led to w...

ASIC has its eyes set on registered liquidators after its first annual report into the sector revealed that the regulator had opened eight new formal investigations for t...

Product providers should be responsible for funding a last resort compensation scheme, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia....

The administration cost of opt-in is likely to be negligible, according to Gold Seal director Claire Wivell Plater....

When selling a financial planning practice, the handover period is crucial and it is advantageous for the vendor to remain in the business for a period of 12 months or mo...

Financial advisers need to stop clients churning assets quickly if they want to build their wealth, according to US Vanguard senior investment analyst Don Bennyhoff....