There will not be any changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s Standard 3 of the code of ethics this year as it is Treasury that will have to mak...

Clients are likely to miss out if the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Super) Bill is delayed further as they may be too old to use bring-forward contributions befo...

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...

Principal Real Estate Investors will be the underlying active manager for BT Investment Solutions Global Property separately managed account, as part of the CoreSeries po...

Consultants are handling an almost unprecedented number of corporate superannuation fund reviews, with the likelihood that industry superannuation funds will emerge as wi...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is closely monitoring the delivery of financial advice by superannuation funds against the terms of ...

This year’s Federal Budget brought in numerous changes to superannuation including making contributions and managing retirement income streams, writes Tim Howard and Neil...

Westpac has confirmed that Panorama is amongst the assets under consideration for sale, but it continues to perform for the big banking group....

Westpac’s first-half results announcement has confirmed the brands still under consideration for sale as part of the big banking group’s Portfolio Simplification strategy...

As COVID-19 social security measures have ended, the most asked about topics from financial advisers during the first quarter of the year were on longer-term retirement p...

While the Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority will cease to exist from 1 January, 2022, its code of ethics will still be up for review as the guide is yet t...

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...

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

Advisers have said they would be unlikely to impose blanket bans on complex products but that making large allocations could affect their professional indemnity insurance...