With the Federal Budget, end of financial year and Federal Election looming, the financial planning industry is still facing a number of critical legislative loose ends. ...
Financial advisers’ behaviour flagged after complaints of inappropriate advice....
ASIC’s review of MDA guidance has major flaws, according to Bailey Roberts Group....
ASIC has successfully applied to the Supreme Court of Queensland for three south-east Queensland based companies to be wound up following its investigation into an unlice...
A former Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced for dishonest conduct involving more than $1.7 million....
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft points to greater scrutiny of super funds flowing form market-based financing....
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has been promoted to deputy chair for a five-year period and will commence his new role on 6 May....
Financial planners are going to be fundamentally affected by the Tax Agent Services Act but, as Cecilia Storniolo explains, there will be many unanswered questions almost...
SMSFs may be booming - but the unwary can also find themselves within the sights of a small number of dodgy property advisers and mortgage brokers, writes Damon Taylor. ...
ASIC is urging SMSF auditors to apply for registration before the end of the month. ...
SPAA has cautioned against any over-reaction following the release of the ASIC report into professional advice in the self-managed super fund sector....
The Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has welcomed the findings of the regulator’s SMSF Taskforce, but says trustees still require specialised propert...
A former self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) adviser has been found guilty at Downing Centre Local Court after pleading guilty to one count of lodging a false stateme...
Mike Taylor explains the writing was on the wall long before the announcement of a number of practices leaving the AFS Group....
Market conditions are driving a renewed interest in alternative investments, but a number of practical limitations may be limiting allocations in the retail space. Bela M...
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,...