Soon-to-retire QIC chief Doug McTaggart has been appointed to the Suncorp board....
With an estimated $330 billion set to flow out of the accumulation phase over the next decade, superannuation funds will have to offer annuity products if they want to re...
The "dislocated markets" caused by Europe's sovereign debt issues are creating opportunities that quality fixed income managers can exploit, according to Zenith....
The Government is expected to announce variable transitionary arrangements around the implementation of FOFA....
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has suffered its first major ratings withdrawal after the announcement that S&P Capital IQ would no longer conduct its services in Austral...
OnePath has announced a number of new investment managers for its former ING single sector funds following last year's acquisition of ING Investment Management by UBS....
Evolving web-based technology has helped to create more active and better informed consumers, but the insurance industry has struggled to keep up with this changing deman...
The ATO has signaled it is changing its data collection systems around SMSFs....
Bill Shorten signals that the Government remains committed to 1 July changes to concessional contribution caps....
Mike Mitchell outlines some of the issues investors should consider before establishing or using an SMSF to purchase direct property....


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....
BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
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...