Compliant industry codes of conduct deemed to obviate the need to comply with opt-in requirements will have to meet a hefty set of criteria, according to ASIC commissione...

ASIC has permanently banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser after he was found to have forged the signatures of four of his clients....

The Financial Planning Association has welcomed the announcement by Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury exempting financial planners from the taxation services regime unti...

With the Government virtually certain to change superannuation tax arrangements in the Budget, the industry and the Opposition are continuing their warnings....

The expense ratio for the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF (VTS) has declined from 0.07 per cent per annum to 0.06 per cent per annum due to savings through grea...

Platform providers appear to be embracing a pay-for-use fee model in which they provide a core offering and allow clients to add on new features for which they pay as the...

BT has launched two products aimed at investors who wish to borrow to invest in equities....

Superannuation funds "should be as transparent as listed companies", says Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden....

John Kelly outlines the new rules regarding insurance and how they affect SMSFs when it comes to insuring collectibles and personal use assets....

Cavendish has sought to explain the consequences of the Government's expected Federal Budget move to increase the superannuation contributions tax on wealthier Australian...