BOQ has reached a $19.7 million settlement with ASIC and borrowers who were advised by Storm Financial....

Money Management looks at the events that led to the voluntary administration of one of Australia’s top research houses. ...

With regulatory change shining a spotlight on fees, platform providers are under increased pressure to justify their value. Perhaps innovation is the key to retaining adv...

Research consultancy van Eyk has gone into voluntary administration, weeks after the closure of its four Blueprint funds. ...

The use of SMAs continues to gather momentum, with Macquarie adding them to its Wrap Platform....

Funds under management and advice with retail and superannuation funds surpassing the $1 trillion mark in the year to June 2014, research from DEXX&R reveals....

ASIC has confirmed it has tightened its approach on enforceable undertakings in the wake of those applying to Commonwealth Financial Planning and Macaquarie Private Wealt...

The serious potential for fund illiquidity, as demonstrated by the recent van Eyk experience, warrants major regulatory reform, with frequent status updates and a re-eval...

Macquarie has shut down all but one of van Eyk’s remaining Blueprint funds, amid talks the research group is pursuing legal action against UK-based hedge fund Artefact Pa...

The major institutions are right to take the lead on lifting educational standards in the financial planning space....

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

Macquarie Investment Management has moved to terminate four van Eyk blueprint funds that were suspended last month following an illiquid investment. ...

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

ASIC will investigate former financial advisers with the Macquarie group which is to contact 160,000 clients who received advice over the past decade about the possible p...