Administration and compliance accounts for nearly 30% of all financial adviser work tasks and those factors along with education requirements look to be barriers to busin...

Career break is unlikely to be a reason to give relief on professional standards, according to guidance from the corporate regulator, and an industry association has call...

WT Financial Group Limited, the ASX-listed parent company of national financial advisory dealer group Wealth Today, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of its i...

The corporate regulator has clarified in its guidance that it does not have any powers to give exemptions or modifications and has clarified fixed-term definitions....

It comes only nine months after the launch of the second Private to Public Opportunities fund....

The cyclical trade in equities may already be waning, according to AXA IM, in a rising equity market with energy and financials less likely to outperform. ...

The bill to allow non-concessional contributions of up to $300,000 for those under 67 is set to pass the Senate today but, if it does not, advisers should ensure clients ...

With the end of the financial year coming up, financial advisers need to have indexation, the downsizer contribution, bring-forward contributions, Pension Loans Scheme el...

The Listed Investment Companies and Trusts Association has disputed claims made by Monash Investors that the closed-ended structure is difficult to run, indicating the st...

The group that just acquired Sentry is looking to continue its expansion to become one of the biggest mid-tier independent financial planning groups by organic growth and...

While a fixed-term fee agreement is a valid alternative for advisers finding difficulty in the ongoing fee arrangement requirements, they need to ensure their fee chargin...

Permanently banned former financial adviser, Robert Hutchison, failed to appear at an Administrative Appeals Tribunal directions hearing....

The first phase has seen 38,827 client accounts and approximately $5 billion in funds under administration migrated to the new system. ...

Zeroing out carbon dioxide emissions from the global energy sector is not only possible, it is now a reality, according to Calvert Research and Management....

Almost three-quarters of respondents believe inflation is only transitory, according to a Bank of America survey, and that inflation expectations have peaked while tech w...

SG Hiscock has said the suburban office markets and the office market in Perth currently offer more attractive prospects for investors than the traditional key markets of...

Industry Super Australia has called on the Senate to agree to amendments in the Your Future, Your Super bill to prevent workers being trapped in underperforming products....

At a time when there are increasing super fund mergers, Milford Asset Management is considering building on its KiwiSaver success in New Zealand to break into the superan...

With the ongoing fee arrangement obligations coming into place in two weeks, the corporate regulator needs to explain its guidance surrounding ‘consent’ on the payment of...

Sean West from Macquarie and Justin Delaney from Zurich have been appointed to the board of directors....