Storm Financial co-founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis seemed to be suffering from a bout of absent mindedness in the final days of hearings into the company's collaps...

The Australian Bankers Association has called for greater clarity on what represents advice with respect to superannuation....

Despite comprising less than two per cent of retail funds, structured products have received more than their fair share of criticism over the past year. Vince Scully disc...

Advice and wealth management firm Lachlan Partners has merged with a boutique wealth management firm previously licensed through PIS....

Having death benefits paid as an income stream is an under-utilised strategy, writes Matt Hughes....

Transferring commercial property into a self-managed superannuation fund may lead to significant taxation benefits....

Mike Mitchell examines the recent changes to the Government’s supervision of philanthropic giving and weighs up the advantages and disadvantages....

Advisers need to consider the impact of negative returns when consolidating multiple superannuation accounts for clients, writes CRAIG DAY....

ATO moving to streamline its dispute resolution process....

Advisers should think all issues through carefully before acting on the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) new ruling that will affect the way capital gains made by trust...

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the mooted changes to the tax regime covering the supply of financial services will increase costs....

The practice of offering low cost SOAs and initial advice to potential clients and recouping the costs later is distorting the true cost of financial advice....

The Cooper Review into Australia's superannuation system has officially kicked off with the release yesterday of its scoping paper setting out the review's approach and t...

APRA executive Keith Chapman reveals some super funds are misrepresenting liquidity information to avoid paying benefits to members....