Compare the pair. It is likely these three words are some of the best known, and most irritating, among financial planners and advisers and have grated with them for the ...

A Bundaberg-based building society has agreed to review its lending practices after ASIC raised concerns that it relied too heavily on information from a finance broker....

The chairman of Australia’s corporate regulator and his staff spent $45,000 in the second half of last year on international business travel, more than 80 per cent of whi...

Baby boomers will be the last generation focused on financial advice with planners needing to convince people to take up advice while also introducing new blood into thei...

The Australia Institute has pointed to the danger of a blow-out in the cost of the tax concessions granted to super....

Money Management webinar poll reveals planner caution amid economic uncertainty....

Local government’s growing role in our lives has made it imperative to boost financial performance. But with a global survey showing a lack of clear benefits from reform,...

Adviser sentiment has plunged to its lowest level in two years across several measures as the financial advice profession is mired in negative publicity....

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

National Australia Bank has reported a solid first quarter trading result with first quarter cash earnings up six per cent on the prior corresponding period to $1.65 bill...

The CBA has awarded a $200 million global equity mandate to London-based equity firm Ardevora Asset Management....

The Australian dollar may fall below 50 US cents, which should prompt investors to rush towards international assets, an analyst says. ...

New analysis from Credit Suisse suggests Australian equities may be a big beneficiary of this week’s unexpected rate cut....

Centric Wealth has promoted financial planning veteran Celia Carroll to head up its Queensland group. ...

Listed back office investment services provider, MDS Financial Group, will purchase boutique financial planning group Sequoia Wealth Group (SWG) and rebrand all its entit...

Accountants moving to become licensed have been given a generous run but are failing in high numbers when applying for a licence according to a former ASIC licensing spec...

Product manufacturers need to ensure their services and compliance procedures are up to standard, with ASIC set to take a hard-line approach in 2015, according to legal e...

The FPA’s Matthew Rowe has questioned the survivability of a number of financial planning organisations....

Australia to act as Australasian arm of Deloitte’s chain of Cyber Intelligence Centres....

Black River product closes over-subscribed....