The AIST is pleased super tax concessions has remained untouched in the Federal Budget, and said it should be examined in the broader context of the tax review....

Financial services group, Spring FG, hopes its acquisition of digital education provider, Digifi Group Pty Ltd, will enable it to boost client experience and broaden scal...

Consumers want advisers to be compliant but prefer advice focused on them and not on keeping the adviser out of trouble according to Centrepoint Alliance head, John de Zw...

The FSC urges a joint retail/industry fund policy position on superannuation taxation....

Bad publicity and negative press coverage of the financial planning industry may be deterring businesses from seeking financial advice....

The Federal Government’s $20,000 asset write-off for small businesses, announced in the Budget, will be a significant boon for the economy, but the IPA warns it may cause...

The Federal Government’s second Budget fails to put Australia on course for future prosperity, having been “spooked” by the reaction to its first attempt, CPA Australia b...

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Confident fund managers prepared to ride the volatility wave despite seeing a market correction as high likely to take place. ...

Investors are benefiting from growth in consumer spending, particular the increase in non-discretionary purchases, data reveals. ...

Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co has reduced the amounts needed to investment in its leading retail funds by 80 per cent following demand from SMSFs....

Plunging mining and bank stocks resulted in median balanced funds falling 0.4 per cent in April, the second negative return since September 2014. ...

Major mortgage lenders have bounced back after losing the number of new home loans to non-majors at the end of last year, according to data by AFG. ...

A hybrid remuneration model is already becoming the default model replacing high upfronts as planning groups continue to haggle with the Financial Services Council for a ...

Colonial First State to create three new funds through an alliance with Sanlam, designed to minimise impact of market declines....

AMP Limited has confirmed that AMP Capital chief executive, Stephen Dunne, will retire later this year....

Expat UK clients of Australian planners may expose them to legal action stemming from changes to UK pension laws which could result in clients being hit with a 55 per cen...

Trading by Australian stockbroker and clearing business, BBY Ltd, has been suspended as the firm entered voluntary administration....

Tough job markets have resulted in 86 per cent of accounting and finance executives saying they felt their career prospects had become stagnant....

APRA reveals emerging terms and conditions changes which are likely to curb the attractiveness of superannuation group life for planning clients. ...