Outsider notes that the class wars between industry superannuation funds and retail master trusts have never really ended....

Providing financial advice has managed to stand the test of time, writes Michael Pillemer, despite the rollercoaster of changes which have affected the industry in recent...

The changes coming into force with the Your Future, Your Super reforms, writes Joe Brasacchio, present an opportunity for super funds to improve their member engagement....

The financial consequences of COVID-19 combined with legislative changes mean this will be an unusual tax year for many, Oksana Patron writes....

As managers focus on the beneficiaries of COVID-19, there is one sector which has both performed strongly during the pandemic and should continue to do so after, writes L...

Mike Taylor writes that political ideology will have as much to do with the future of the superannuation guarantee as economic capability....

It is high time for the Government to recognise that professional indemnity insurance is a problem that cannot go unaddressed as it moves towards a compensation scheme of...

Civil penalties totalled $159.8 million during the second half of 2020 for the corporate regulator including seven Royal Commission investigations that totalled $77.65 mi...

Proceedings have commenced against Lightspeed Finance and its director, Mark Fitzpatrick, over failure to comply with Australian Financial Complaints Authority determinat...

Those investors who have only invested in the stockmarket in the past year are likely to be challenged in the next few weeks as the market undergoes a pullback, according...

While small caps are leading markets globally, there has been a reversal in Australia where small caps underperformed large caps in the first quarter....

Advice fees levied by superannuation funds are relatively insignificant when compared to administration and investment fees....

A new Financial Services Council green paper has suggested that a moral risk will emerge if self-licensed advisers are allowed to proliferate in the absence of dealer gro...

Centuria Capital Group is to merge with Primewest, creating a real estate fund manager with combined $15.5 billion in assets under management. ...

Lesley Mamelok has been appointed general manager, finance and deputy chief financial officer, while Robert Baillie has been appointed general manager, capital management...

The Government’s draft legislation for a single disciplinary body has proposed that the Financial Services and Credit Panel will have an expanded role to allow it to canc...

The Financial Services Council wants simpler Letters of Advice to replace “over-regulated” Statements of Advice. ...

The Federal Court says James Mawhinney, or entities controlled by him, has a high likelihood to engage in similar conduct if not prevented by the court from doing so, fol...

Despite Australian small caps underperforming large ones in the first quarter of 2021, there are still five funds that returned over 100% over the past year. ...

There has been a “significant escalation” in the use of illiquid assets, according to BT, despite liquidity being “more important than ever” since the market dislocations...