ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft says the regulator has a $50 million war chest that he’s ready to use against banks, planners and other miscreants....

Australians in their 60s will face a financially tough future if the Government goes ahead with its plan to increase the pension age to 70, research reveals....

ASIC signals that despite the industry’s position responding to Trowbridge, it is continuing to pursue enforcement over life/risk misconduct....

Margin lending levels may never revert to the pre-GFC highs, but investors are slowly and carefully re-thinking the strategy for their portfolio, Jassmyn Goh writes....

Jason Spits writes that planners can face the end of the financial year and 1 July without major upheavals or client concerns....

David Griffith looks at the myths surround alternative investments, and argues they have multiple uses in a range of investor portfolios....

High satisfaction levels increase client retention over the long-term, growing their investments with you and referring business to your practice, Sherise Mercer explains...

Financial technologies such as peer-to-peer lending, robo-investing and digital currencies are here to stay and regulation and laws have to catch up, Grant Holley writes....

Catherine Chivers outlines what implications some of the 2015/16 Budget measures have for clients....

Low interest rates are set to make A-REITs increasingly attractive for yield-hungry investors, a report reveals....

The level of SMSF contributions has fallen for the March quarter as trustees have shifted away from Australian equities seeking more international exposure....

The financial advice industry will attract more customers through digital innovation but the role of the adviser will not diminish, Deloitte said....

Without a tax overhaul innovation, growth, and productivity will continue to be stifled in Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants believes....

Wealth management firm Integral Private Wealth has been established by long time Westpac financial adviser, David Simon....

Superannuation funds want the regulators to tell them how they actually spent the millions of dollars in financial services supervisory levies....

Publicly-listed superannuation, insurance and investment company, Diversa, appears to have turned its back on an acquisition proposal from Equity Trustees....

With tax time coming up the ATO has urged investors to verify tax schemes as even accountants are getting caught out with slick-looking schemes....

SuperRatings numbers show responsible investments in sustainable super funds remain competitive with mainstream options. ...

Uncertainty around superannuation is driving small business owners towards SMSFs with their use climbing over the past three years among that group. ...

Branches of the Yellow Brick Road-owned mortgage provider, RESI Mortgage Corporation, will add advice to their offering as part of a rebranding move....