Instances of the mis-selling of superannuation products have prompted Shadow Financial Services Minister Senator Nick Sherry to call for simplification of the super choic...
Solid exposure to the Australian mortgage market has contributed to an upgrading of Mariner Mortgage Trust’s rating by InvestorWeb Research from ‘buy’ to ‘strong buy’ in ...
Boutique dealer group AAA Financial Group (AAAFG) has expanded its head count to 80 advisers nationally from 10 at the start of the year, and is preparing to launch a mor...
Four funds have been upgraded and there have been no downgrades in Lonsec’s latest hedge fund sector review, which excludes long/short equity funds....
A former Queensland financial planner has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment after pleading guilty to six fraud charges brought by the Australian Securi...
Three modern office buildings in Germany are the first acquisitions of global property funds manager Rubicon Asset Management’s Rubicon Europe Trust, which listed on the ...
Members of corporate superannuation fund Westscheme will soon have direct access to a scaled-down version of CARM’s GPS financial planning software, recently badged by AM...
ASIC is again cracking down on Westpoint Group, filing an application in the Federal Court in Perth for the winding up and appointment of a provisional liquidator to a re...
ASIC has released a calculator for consumers to compare allocated pension products, and Chant West and SuperRatings expect to follow suit by developing extensions to thei...
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...