The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given the green light to businesses to provide customers with information in digital form....

Incorrect advice from a superannuation fund saw a woman renounce her Australian citizenship in an effort to get early access to her super....

The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggests most Australians have come to terms with retiring after age 65 and mostly relying on their super....

Accountants may well have been acting rationally in not rushing to the new licensing regime, according to Premium Wealth Management’s Paul Harding-Davis....

CMH Financial Group is under an enforceable undertaking after ASIC found the firm to be giving SMSF advice that was not in their clients’ best interest....

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is refunding $5 million to basic account holders for incorrect late payment and over limit fees. ...

Competition is fundamental to the new economy and the door is open for reforms to ensure the Australian financial markets are world leading, says Morrison....

Australian small caps are defying the volatile market conditions and could provide fund managers with opportunities, Lonsec reveals....

In a world where prospects for growth remain subdued do global smaller companies offer investors greater investment opportunities?...

To strengthen existing fundamental equity and active fixed income teams, State Street has agreed to acquire GE Asset Management....

A purpose-built, client focused package could signal major turning point for the international and Australian industry, says CEO Nic Pollock. ...

Eighteen months after it began its Wealth Management Project, ASIC confirms it is maintaining its surveillance of planners....

A leading fixed interest research and analysis firm, BondAdviser kicks off a new fixed income managed portfolio that features Exchange Traded Bond units (XTBs). ...

ASIC has secured orders restraining a property developer from promoting an “investment proposal”, which sought to counsel investor to breach the ASIC Act....

The FPA has launched a national campaign backing the value of the Certified Financial Planning designation. ...

Equip Super declares it has not been able to reduce the number of elected board members to allow for two independent directors as a result of an APRA approval delay....

Digital disruption will compel accountants away from ‘hackwork” and towards financial planning, according to CPA, Greg Holman....

Trio Capital’s direct and SMSF investors not covered by the SIS Act will not be further compensated by the Government....

After an ugly start to 2016 global equity markets are set to benefit from a “good” market correction, Columbia Threadneedle, global chief investments officer, Colin Moore...

Global index provider, FTSE Russell, will launch a new index representing the 50 largest companies listed of the Chinese and Hong Kong stock exchanges....