FINANCIAL MARKETS

Superannuation

One-third of SMSF trustees to focus on buying undervalued assets....

Editorial

The financial services industry needs to be alert to the fact that the Government is tightening regulatory control of the industry and its markets – not in a legislative ...

Financial planning

Statements of Advice should include a clear explanation of the leveraging impact of any gearing accompanying investments, according to a submission by AXA to the Parliame...

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Financial planning

Treasury announces ASIC to be responsible for supervision and enforcement of the laws against misconduct on Australia's financial markets....

Editorial

There’s zero correlation between the number of pages in an offer document and investment performance. Yep, you can make money from a fat prospectus and lose it on a skinn...

Editorial

Despite software cancellations, revenue for wealth management division up 4 per cent....

Financial planning

With investors profiting from India's growth, the new political environment augurs well for the country's future prosperity, writes INDY SINGH....

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Financial planning

PETER FORREST writes that successfully managing your clients’ cash flow will steal their hearts....

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Financial planning

There’s no time like the present to make salary sacrifice, personal deductible and non-concessional contributions into superannuation and take advantage of the market slu...

Financial planning

The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hinted that the basis for the Corporations Act and ASIC's role may be re-examined....

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Financial planning

The FPA chief executive and chair have written to the parliamentarians reviewing financial services urging a restoration of confidence in planning....

Editorial

The focus on fee levels in financial services and investment risks missing the structural flaws and distorting incentives that are also troubling these industries....

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Financial planning

Aims to expand its reach into Asian wealth management firms and private banks....

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Life/Risk

Australian institutional investors, including AMP, have shown increased interest in insurance-linked securities....

People & Products

AFMA executive director appointed chairman of the Finance Industry Council of Australia....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

2 weeks 2 days ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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