Retail sales grew by 3.1 per cent in 2011, failing to outstrip headline inflation and well below the year-on-year average of 5.6 per cent, according to the latest market ...

The online publisher Trident Press has removed a number of claims on its websites after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found they were "likel...

Rural financial counselling and money management services have been granted limited relief from licensing requirements by ASIC....

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has welcomed an Australian Taxation Office report that shows SMSF assets grew twice as quickly as the total industry for ...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has announced the senior executive appointments of Keith Chapman and Helen Rowell....

Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) specialist Multiport has partnered with dealer group InterPrac to provide daily administration, compliance and reporting services ...

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, has announced a number of topics that will not be permitted in intra-fund financial advice....

Financial adviser-sold retail risk insurance outside superannuation is set to grow at 9 per cent per annum over the next 15 years, according to a Rice Warner report into ...

BlackRock Australia has unveiled the BlackRock Global Screened Government Bond Fund, which aims to mitigate the risk associated with US and European sovereign debt....

The office and industrial property sectors are looking more attractive than retail assets at present, according to AMP Capital chief investment officer, property, Andrew ...