Mary Ferizis outlines the key legislative changes regarding margin lending, and the impact the changes will have on financial advice....
The ATO's crackdown on the cash economy has succeeded in extracting an extra $127 million and identifying businesses under stress....
The National Institute of Accountants has accused the ATO and major superannuation funds of contributing to negativity around SMSFs....
Adviser-owned dealer group Australian Financial Services (AFS) has launched a new unified managed (UMA) service in conjunction with technology company OneVue and superann...
Cerulli predicted that only five master trust and wrap account providers would survive a round of price wars and industry consolidation by 2004. Is it possible they got t...
It may have taken 10 years, but predictions that the platform market would shrink to a handful of providers have finally come true. Yet Jason Spits discovers that it's no...
Lenders, brokers and intermediaries dealing in consumer credit can now register for an Australian Credit Licence (ACL) under the new National Consumer Credit Protection A...
Fiducian's new self-managed super fund (SMSF) service has become the core of its administration platform....
The ATO has flagged a new service for SMSF professionals. At the same time, it has warned about continuing breaches regarding loans to members....
Another company external to Iress has begun consulting on the implementation of Xplan software....
Professional Investment Services has announced the addition of four new members to its management team, with key research, compliance, adviser services and practice recru...
Col Fullagar takes a look at compliance and administrative procedures and the way they can be effectively managed....
APRA has released a discussion paper that seeks to dramatically broaden its supervisory mandate to cover diverse financial conglomerates, which it considers are currently...
Advisers at Genesys Wealth have expressed their frustration over a perceived lack of support from the AXA-owned dealer group....
SMSFs appear to have heeded the ATO's warnings about compliance, but personal loans to SMSF members have become a concern in troubled economic times....
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,...