S&P's 2011-2012 Sector Report for Australian Equity Small Cap Funds has found the group remains competitive with the majority of managers surpassing performance benchmark...
ASIC has banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser from providing financial services for five years, making it three former Commonwealth advisers banned in ...
Australian Unity Personal Financial Services has taken a majority stake in Certainty Financial, a corporate advisory firm with $500m in funds under advice....
The Financial Planning Standards Board has praised its member organisation, the Financial Planning Association, for its efforts in negotiating some of the key legislative...
Scaled advice remains an area of considerable uncertainty despite the Future of Financial Advice bills having passed the House of Representatives....
Independent dealer group WealthSure has signed up to OneVue's unified managed account (UMA) platform amid plans to broaden its product range....
van Eyk has awarded the Fidelity Australian Equities Fund and the Goldman Sachs Australian Equities Wholesale Fund an AA rating in Australian equities, the first AA ratin...
The Financial Planning Association grows its social media presence amid legislative change....
ASIC is undertaking a compliance program to assess the information lodged by Australian credit licensees (ACLs) in their annual compliance certificates....
The Financial Services Council and Association of Financial Advisers have joined together to provide a forum looking at life in a post-FOFA financial planning world....


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
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...