Investors and advisers are incorrectly adopting a short-term investment skew when it comes to self-managed super funds, with a platform-driven gearing towards liquid asse...

Usually, couples purchase their principal home as joint tenants. This ensures that the surviving spouse automatically retains access to their home on the death of their p...

There are various areas of SMSFs that investors are demanding advice on that are not currently available, research showed....

Macquarie Group will compensate 80 clients, or around 13 per cent of cases reviewed in its client remediation work, but more may follow....

Politicians from all sides of politics want planners’ education standard lifted to stop “cowboys and shysters” from providing inappropriate advice....

MDS Financial Group enters into JV with New York-based J.Streitcher Asset Management....

Chronican departure sees Mark Whelan elevated to ANZ CEO role reporting to Group CEO, Mike Smith....

BT Financial Group’s Chris Freeman announces his transition to retirement....

Grant Thornton recruits KPMG’s Madeleine Mattera as National Head of Financial Services....

SPAA patron, Sir Anthony Mason calls for an end to denigration and a uniting of the various sections of the financial services industry....

Former Equity Trustees CIO George Boubouras heads to boutique investment manager Contango....

SMSF Association’s Andrea Slattery cautions against altering super tax concessions....

PJC chairman, Senator David Fawcett points to evolving model for financial planning....

Business models will need to change for accountants to continue to service super sector....

Novion Property Group is “on track to achieve” its 2015 financial year targets ahead of its proposed merger with Federation Centres....

Low volatility in the foreign exchange market was a major factor in declining numbers of investors using Australian FX providers in 2014....

The ETF sector is in the middle of a prolonged growth spurt and hit $100 billion by 2020 cementing its place as a mainstream investment strategy....

AMP has posted a solid result for 2014, with underlying profit up 23 per cent year on year, largely driven by growth in its wealth management business. ...

Accountants could work as authorised representatives instead of getting their own AFSL as the licensing deadline of July 2016 approaches....

Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has outlined the Government’s agenda for planning including the possibility of a national exam and co-regulation....