A lack of transparency with reporting asset prices in the property market misleads investors and ultimately costs them money, according to Wealth Within chief analyst Dal...
An increase in the number of people holding life insurance inside superannuation rather than outside it may mean more people have inadequate cover....
Cbus' 2012 annual report has announced the superannuation fund's new standards for disclosure, two months after the Financial Services Council announced plans for members...
RabotDirect has questioned whether cash can remain king in the minds of SMSF directors in the wake of last week's Reserve Bank of Australia RBA decision to cut interest r...
The Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, is set to release the details of the superannuation changes foreshadowed for inclusion in the Federal Budget....
Institute of Chartered Accountants reinforces concern on accountants' exemption issue....
SMSF trustees need to be conscious of lumpy assets such as property within their fund portfolios in the event of death....
RI Advice Group has rejigged its financial adviser agreements, adopting a 'practise what you preach' mentality when it comes to fee for service....
The same regulator critical of financial planner responses in a shadow shopping exercise has turned in a 100 per cent fail in responding to parliamentary questions on tim...
A recent newspaper advertisement that equates financial planning with the sale of financial products misunderstands the role of advisers, says AFA chief executive Richard...
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?...