Investigations by ASIC have resulted in charges being laid against the operators of a Queensland-based scheme that offered investors a 200 per cent return on their invest...

In further proof that choice of fund was no more than a flash in the pan for advisers, a new survey has found just a third of the very few people who switched funds and s...

Planning practices have been urged by the Financial Planing Association (FPA) to appoint a ‘conflicts officer’ in order to comply with new regulations, but the associatio...

Former senior research analyst at InvestorWeb Rodney Sebire has ended a short stint at Skandia to go to hedge fund manager Mann Investments....

In an effort to ensure professional and ethical standards applying to accountants are more transparent and forceful, CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accounta...

Alan Kenyon and Stephen Prendeville are happy to see advisers selling their practices and other advisers buying them, particularly when their business Kenyon Prendeville ...

It is my experience that the most common complaint arises from a misreading of the client. And isn’t it always the case that nobody complains about good secure returns bu...

The gentle rumble that was self-managed super has grown into a resounding roar over the last few years. I guess it’s for all the right reasons – a sense of control, the p...

There is a degree of confusion by some practitioners in the financial planning and accountancy fields as to the ability of an accountant to give advice to a client of the...

Residents of north Queensland have been warned they need to be more vigilant against investment scamsters, following a spate of incidents involving millions of dollars of...

The recent ruling by the Australian Taxation Office allowing financial planners to give tax advice has blurred the roles of accountants and advisers even further. In the ...

Asgard has become the default superannuation provider for Ernst & Young’s 3,500 Australian staff....

One in five people in an employer-sponsored superannuation fund will change fund post-July 1 according to new research, but most won’t switch immediately and still haven’...

Few property investors make the most of tax depreciation schedules, writes Larissa Tuohy....