The relationship between financial planners and dealers is under fire. The effects of the upcoming Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) combined with that of the Aliena...

The Australian Managed Investment Association (AMIA) has called for Australian Tax Office (ATO) commissioner Michael Carmody’s resignation in light of growing anger over ...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) has joined the chorus of criticism of the Alienation of Personal Services Income (APSI) legislation....

The Financial Planning Association has secured a partial victory in its ongoing struggle with the Federal Government and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) regarding the Ali...

Former Saxby Bridge adviser Kevin William Fenwick has been banned for two years from giving investment advice by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASI...

An association representing 110,000 investors in tax-effective schemes is mounting a campaign to put tax issues relating to the schemes on the agenda for this year’ s fed...

The changes to the business tax system introduced last year has resulted in hundreds of planners being hit by rules designed to cut down on the alienation of personal ser...

An association representing 110,000 investors in tax-effective schemes is mounting a campaign to put tax issues relating to the schemes on the agenda for this year’s fede...

It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting beneath the financial planning industry. Tax legislation aimed at snaring IT and construction contractors has unintentionally caught...

The growth in self managed superannuation has grown in recent months as the result of changes in legislation. Ben Smythe investigates what advisers should be telling clie...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will appoint a statutory approved trustees (SAT) to thousands of DIY super funds as new regulations come into force....

Close to ten per cent of all small superannuation funds failed to make the choice to become either a Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) or a Small APRA Fund (SAF) by...

The Tax Office is looking to target promoters of tax-effective schemes and include them in penalties if it thinks there is a definite case of tax avoidance....

“Males make up about 70 per cent of our market, so females make up the other 30 per cent, but there may be a few dogs in there.” <I>E-trade’s Kerry Roxburgh mixes his met...