The Federal Government would be likely to garner grudging (but majority) financial planning industry support for its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation if it w...
The Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals combined with the long delays in delivering the actual legislation have served to drive down confidence among...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has been warned it needs to address questions about its handling of MTAA Super in the Parliament....
A Senate Committee has backed legislation enhancing ASIC's coercive powers, but not without full transparency to the Parliament....
AXA Asia Pacific has confirmed a solid 9.25 cents per share dividend at the same time as flagging strongly improved full-year results....
Electing a Labor or Coalition Government makes little difference to investment returns....
With Asia having been termed a global equities sweet spot in terms of the way it has emerged from the global recession, a new Lonsec sector review has pointed to global e...
The make-up of the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is not adequately representative of practising financial planners, according to recently resigned FPA...
Unlisted property moves back into positive territory bringing better news to industry funds with heavier exposures....
Investor confidence in the ability of the Australian economy to withstand world pressures has been eroded....
Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...
Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...
Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....