The Parliamentary Joint Committee led by Bernie Ripoll has recommended ASIC commence immediate work on the creation of a professional standards board for financial advise...
AUSTRAC accepts its third enforceable undertaking on AML/CTF laws, this time from PayPal....
The Financial Planning Association has announced the implementation of FPA Confidential, an online anonymous reporting system, in its effort to tackle misconduct in the i...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a NSW financial adviser from providing financial services for 10 years after finding he failed to disclose...
Equiti Funds Management has launched its first direct property fund amid signs the commercial property market has started to bottom....
The financial services industry has been called upon to step up to its social obligations when dealing with trustees of self-managed superannuation funds....
Litigation funders may rethink their class action opportunities against fund managers if they are required to register multi-party action as managed investment schemes....
Many financial planners now use model portfolios to assist in the complex task of managing their clients’ wealth. But is a model portfolio the best option, and what are t...
Tower Australia Limited chief executive Jim Minto believes superannuation trustees should be better qualified....
Concessions and how people should access and pay for advice have emerged as the key issues in relation to superannuation and financial services reform....
A fight has broken out between listed investment company HFA Accelerator Plus and its manager, HFA Asset Management, with the latter threatening legal action over the use...
Class Financial Systems to provide SMSF platform for accountants....
AMP is on course for compliance with IFSA's super charter from its July 1 members' deadline next year, according to financial services managing director Craig Meller...
Dealer groups should actively acquire small struggling member advice firms for the good of the sector rather than allowing the status quo to continue, according to Kenn W...
In the wake of the global financial crisis the financial software industry remains in a state of upheaval, with innovation relentless, competition fierce and smaller prac...
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,...