Regulatory uncertainty is causing the financial planning industry to contract and dissuading young graduates from taking up the profession, according to FSC chief John Br...
Uncertainty over FOFA and a heavy compliance burden has led $70-million practice XPAL to join the ipac south australia stable....
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has contracted Zenith to provide an annual review of the dealer group's approved product list (APL) and its internal research proce...
Given the Government's push to improve insurance levels in the SMSF sector, Cameron Peck outlines the technicalities and implications of taking out death and permanent di...
SMSF trustees are less confident about reaching their target retirement income than they were a year ago, according to an SPAA study....
The Government's draft changes to limited recourse borrowing arrangements with SMSFs have served to clarify the issue....
Lawyers point to recent Administrative Appeals Tribunal decision as an object lesson in SMSFs dealing with related party transactions....
SMSFs with heavy allocations to cash will have found themselves at a disadvantage in January, with both domestic and international equities driving superannuation returns...
The use of separately managed accounts (SMAs) and managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) can improve SMSF reporting as well as the investment process, according to Multipo...
Bill Shorten criticises accounting bodies for publishing open letter on accountants' exemption, promising an announcement within weeks....
The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....
Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...
ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...