ASIC is trailing other industry bodies when it comes to relevance and engagement with advisers, a financial planning group believes. ...
A close reading of the submissions so far lodged with the Senate Committee investigating the operations of ASIC suggests the newly-elected Abbott Government will be right...
Industry fund chairman expresses concern that improper advice is driving member departures to SMSFs. ...
Former Trio director Kurt Groenveld enters three-and-a-half year enforceable undertaking with APRA. ...
Are SMSFs contributing to a property bubble and gaining an unfair advantage in the process? Peter Kelly begs to differ....
The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has signalled a “son of Wallis” review of the Australian financial system and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry is already starting ...
IOOF has received its MySuper licence approval from APRA and has signalled it will be offering a "dynamically managed diversified investment strategy" via its IOOF Balanc...
ISA and AIST call for simpler process around lifting advice qualification standards....
Morningstar analysis paints the big four banks as being an oligopoly which is stronger now than before the GFC....
The superannuation playing field is not tilted in favour of SMSFs but they do benefit from being more nimble, according to SPAA....
Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...
Link Group has acquired technology vendor Syncsoft....
One of the pilot companies for APRA’s new reporting regime has launched a new service. ...
Super funds which lose members to SMSFs are unlikely to see them come back....
APRA warns lenders against letting the current low interest rate environment drive up unsustainable housing credit....
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...