MLC has extended its range of adviser support offerings to external planners for the first time following the group rolling out its previously internally offered services...
The challenges facing superannuation funds under the choice of fund regime are merely part of the ongoing tests the industry has been facing over the past decade through ...
Superannuation has re-emerged as a Federal Election issue with the Coalition poking holes in Labor’s tax policy and the Opposition lashing out at Government plans to forc...
Yesterday’s deal between the Federal Government and the Democrats, that will see the Government’s stalled choice of super plans passed in the senate, will not aid the con...
Australian Financial Services licencees have been granted relief from some restrictive constraints under Corporations Law relating to the treatment of cash common funds....
The former director of a Queensland-based early release superannuation scheme has appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 21 charges of fraud brought by an Australi...
Tower Limited is to merge it’s two New Zealand businesses in a reverse move to last week’s proposal to split its Australian operations through a plan to separately list i...
Perennial Investment Partners has had its international equities funds placed “on hold” by Assirt Research following news of the impending departure of portfolio manager ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reaffirmed its ongoing crusade against schemes illegally promoting the early release of superannuation by announc...
ING re-opened its small companies fund to retail investors yesterday following a 20 per cent drop in funds under management since the fund closed to avoid potential capac...
Superannuation fund administrator CitiStreet Australia has struck a deal with global consulting group Watson Wyatt with the pair signing a ‘long-term’ agreement....
Assirt Research has restructured its ratings fees and increased subscriptions rates for its quarterly market share report as part of an initiative to steer the firm towar...
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...