OnePath national technical manager Graeme Colley has clarified exactly what constitutes a repair under the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO's) recent draft ruling on lim...

The gap between the Newstart allowance and the age pension is rapidly increasing, placing Australians who are at the bottom of the ladder in serious financial stress, acc...

The Government's opt-in rules amount to "third-party meddling in contract enforcement situations," according to Minter Ellison partner, corporate, mergers and acquisition...

Financial planners are increasingly recommending passive investments to their clients, but there is debate about the reasons behind the move away from active strategies....

A new self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) draft ruling from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has relaxed the definition of what constitutes a 'single acquirable a...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced it will use the results of a controversial survey of the 20 largest financial services licensees...

Hiring intentions in the finance, insurance and real estate sectors have held their ground despite a national trend downwards, according to the latest Manpower Employment...

The former chief financial officer of Westpoint, Graeme Rundle, has been sentenced to two concurrent 18-month prison terms. The sentence will be suspended as he enters in...

Bond benchmarks are "structurally flawed", and bond performance targets for fund managers should instead be referenced to cash, according to Standard Life Investments hea...

The superannuation industry has posted an overall rate of return of -0.9 per cent for the June 2011 quarter, following three successive quarters of positive returns, acco...