FINANCE

Superannuation

Unpaid super can cost workers tens of thousands of dollars, according to ISA research....

Superannuation

SMSF trustees placed the most trust in accountants ahead of financial advisers, but financial advisers remained the most used advice source by SMSFs despite usage levels ...

Superannuation

The Federal Government’s crackdown on the black economy should include a focus on non-compliance with the superannuation guarantee in the cash economy. ...

Superannuation

While both industry and retail super funds were down in satisfaction in November, industry funds still retained their lead at 59.2 per cent, according to Roy Morgan....

Financial planning

You are less likely to be appointed CEO or chairman of a company if you are a woman, according to AMP Capital....

Financial planning

Financial professionals will need to upgrade their IT skills and business acumen to be sought after in the industry in the face of financial digitisation....

Funds management

The chance of an emerging market crisis under the Trump presidency is minimal, according to Brandywine Global....

Life/Risk

Most Australians still associated home ownership with security and wealth and as part of the ideal Australian dream....

Superannuation

Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have recorded a high interest in engaging with advisers and other trustees online, rather than face-to-face....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has called on companies who prepare financial reports to present information in a useful and meaningful way for their users....

Accounting

Small and regional banks have been found to be the highest-performing in Australia when ranked on issues related to customer satisfaction....

Financial planning

Suncorp has announced that Mark Vilo and Steven Degetto would step into each other’s role from 2017....

Financial planning

The Credit and Investments Ombudsman has rebuffed a report's findings favouring a merger between EDR schemes, arguing the two-scheme arrangement enabled comparisons and r...

Funds management

A shift in the market has seen investment trends loop back toward value-based investing, rather than expensive alternatives....

Funds management

Vanguard and the ACFS have launched an Australian equities database to help educate investors and financial services professionals about how to conceptualise market force...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 4 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks ago