ASIC has cancelled the financial services licence of Western Australian company, Macro All State Investments & Securities Limited....

The SMSF Association has released new research confirming the need to lift concessional contribution caps, particularly for those aged over 50....

Strategy Steps’ co-founders have sold their firm to software product and online tool firm, knowIT group, as they look to focus on aged care....

Retail super funds only have a higher satisfaction rate over industry funds when balances are under $5,000, according to Roy Morgan Research....

While Australian consumers’ confidence fell flat this week, views toward future finances have increased....

The Australian Bankers Association says public support for a Royal Commission is far less than is being claimed....

Major group insurer, TAL, has confirmed the payment of ‘profit share rebates’ to superannuation funds in the expectation they will be used for the benefit of members....

Investors were focusing on large cap stocks and were missing out on outperformance from small caps, according to the boutique fund manager....

Lonsec has upgraded AllianceBerstein’s managed volatility equities fund to ‘highly recommended’, while it also outperformed the index. ...

AMP Capital has inked a deal to buy 5.2 per cent of the largest desalination plant in the southern hemisphere. ...

Investors could lose their money if they invest in an index fund over the next five years, according to Lazard Asset Management. ...

Financial advisory firm, Securitor, has awarded its advisers at a gala dinner celebrating 30 years of partnerships in the advice space....

Index ETFs outperformed all managed funds, industry super funds and retail funds since 1992, according to financial writer, Gary Stone. ...

Investors need risk management that extend beyond the traditional safeguards of a long-term perspective and diversification, according to Milliman....

Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, has released the third tranche of the super reforms, saying it would be introduced into Parliament before the end of the year....

Financial advisers have so far failed to tap into the untouched customer base of around 18.5 million people....

Wealth managers would need to overcome some resistance to win the trust of the Asia-Pacific’s HNWIs and better understand their needs, according to Capgemini’s report....

The Government announced a new independent standards body for financial advisers, as a part of its professional standard reforms....

Low interest rates were exacerbating the gap between the rich and poor while investors stood to benefit from an interest rate rise, DNR Capital said....

Independent financial data source, InvestmentLink, has announced software developer, Harmonee, as the recipient of its data grant....