Outsider has always gained value out of listening to Magellan chief executive and co-founder, Hamish Douglass and he expects that this week’s annual Magellan adviser road...

Bryan Ashenden writes that a range of individuals may be eligible for the downsizer strategy, which recently came into effect, and there are multiple ways that advisers c...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled the likelihood that it will become significantly more litigious in the wake of the Royal Commission....

Even allowing for an injection of pragmatism the essential elements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime will remain unchanged and planners will...

Mike Taylor writes that planners should brace themselves for the additional compliance burden resulting from the looming passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Design an...

With the Aussie dollar having come under recent pressure, investors will find the best defence may lie in diversification, Nicholas Grove writes....

In a year in which few sectors of financial services have avoided the eagle eye of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne and his counsels assisting, Hannah Wootton investigates what...

Global listed infrastructure investment manager RARE Infrastructure has announced two new senior appointments across its distribution team....

BT Panorama has added the ARCO Absolute Return Fund to the platform, providing more advisers and clients with access to the manager’s 10-year track record....

Valid death benefit nominations offer security to clients, but advisers need to understand exactly how benefits will be paid out by super funds and ensure they fit with c...

With ASIC having recently stopped a number of retail initial coin offerings and token generation events, The Fold Legal finds that tokens don’t always fit neatly into the...

The recent equity market volatility serves as a warning sign to SMSF trustees to diversify their investment portfolios, according to the Thinktank Group....

Industry Super Australia is urging the Government to legislate to compel employers to pay the superannuation guarantee at the same time they pay wages to overcome continu...

The Federal Government is moving to introduce legislation which will have the effect of doubling the criminal and civil penalties which can be imposed against both corpor...

A key Senate Committee has been told that the Government’s new Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention powers risk putting advisers in conflict with ...

HUB24 has posted record net inflows for the first quarter of $638 million and representing a 19.3 per cent growth....

The emergence of the gig economy and other policy factors have resulted in Australia dropping to fourth place on the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index as northern Eur...

Commonwealth Financial Planning has sought an extension of time from the independent expert appointed to oversee the outcome of its enforceable undertaking (EU) over fees...

The Federal Court has approved the proposed scheme of arrangement under which Charter Hall Limited will acquire Folkestone....

Vanguard has appointed a former BlackRock iShares director to head its newly established Vanguard Global ETF Research Centre. ...