Family trusts may become the new SMSFs and replace them as the preferred private wealth investment vehicle, according to SuperCentral....

The Life Insurance Framework has unfairly targeted advisers and their businesses rather than FSC members including insurers and financial service providers, the LICG said...

In the first part of this series we learn how Bernie Horn, CEO and founder Polaris Capital Management, LLC discovered value in both the Energy Crisis in the 1970s and the...

AMP Capital has announced EGM proxy results indicating that unitholders would vote to wind-up AMP China Growth Fund (AGF) at the EGM to be held today. ...

The most volatile Australian managed funds have generated the best returns in their class over three years, according to Money Management. ...

AMP Capital has renamed Infrastructure Equity Fund as ADIT and announced a capital raising to attract $300 million from institutional investors in Australia and New Zeala...

IOOF has launched an Advice Academy to be run by Dean Lombardo after a successful two-year pilot....

The ATO has issued a warning that planners and accountants could face penalties including prosecution if they were found to have promoted retirement planning schemes....

Superannuation ratings house, SuperRatings, has urged the Government to stand firm on the $1.6 million super cap in the face of wealthy vested interests....

ASIC has banned a NSW property spruiker from providing financial services for four years for unlawfully advising clients to invest in property through their SMSFs without...

Bonds have not only exceeded equity returns but have done so with a fifth of the volatility, according to PIMCO. ...

SMSFs appear to have retreated to the relative safety of cash and term deposits in the face of continuing market uncertainty....

Social media was a missed opportunity for more than one third of wealth managers, according to Verdict Financial....

The financial services industry had already spent $2.75 billion on implementing various regulatory changes, and should prepare to spend more on LIF, education standards, ...

New research has confirmed most SMSFs are on track to generate a comfortable retirement but advice is needed to maintain momentum through volatile times....

Universities-based super fund, UniSuper, is arguing that salary-based retirement income calculators are a better measure for middle to higher income earners....

Cromwell’s listed property fund has received a ‘recommended’ rating by Zenith Investment Partners and five stars from Financial Express. ...

Magellan Asset Management’s said they have adjusted their portfolios in light of future Fed tightening and would focus on technological investments. ...

Bonds were one of the best and most reliable hedges against equity market risk, according Western Asset Management. ...

Investing in infrastructure was one of the best ways to access steady returns, with less volatility, an AMP Capital fund manager has said. ...