A self-managed super fund trustee is set to face legal action relating to allegations of using money from the fund for other investments....

Australia’s main financial services hub is struggling to keep up with its Asian counterparts, with its rating slipping compared to some of the region’s emerging markets, ...

A NSW-man has been permanently banned from providing financial services after he was found to have misled clients into believing he could provide them with “exclusive acc...

Sydney-based AFSL, Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd, has paid $20,400 in penalties after ASIC issued two infringement notices for alleged misleading representation....

AXAIM launches ESG SmartBeta Strategy. ...

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Global Derivative Services after it failed to comply with licence obligations...

Platforms should report adviser fraud to licensees despite not being required under law to do so....

Consumers are unlikely to understand the term ‘independent advice’ and its use will help in the management of conflicts of interest according to KPMG....

Chan and Naylor’s David Hasib claims conflicted remuneration is still a problem for the planning industry with too many noses in the trough....

Mortgage Choice will push into financial planning aiming to double planners numbers by June 2015....

Regulator claims Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) had “very poor” record keeping and lack of detail in its advice documents....

Wide variations in the number of financial planners reported to be operating in the industry has been a feature of the sector for some years but, as Jason Spits writes, a...

Dealer group Libertas Financial Planning expands its dealer services model to accountants and signs first accountancy practice to the service....

Learn about the pros and cons of owning AFSL and weighs them up against becoming an authorised representative of a larger licensee...