Reforms to Australia’s financial services sector have left the country’s capital markets in a better position than most other OECD nations, according to a new report from...

People running self-managed superannuation funds need to review their position with respect to compliance at least three or four times a year, according to specialist sup...

Financial planners providing tax advice have come under the spotlight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission who released new guidance today to ensure pr...

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has worked looming conflict of interest legislation into its licensing regime by updating two of its licensing guides....

BT Financial Group has developed a new software program that channels superannuation contributions to various funds in an attempt to lighten the administrative load that ...

The SMSF Professional’s Association of Australia has launched a new accreditation program for advisers, pre-empting Australian Taxation Office plans to double the number ...

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the Federal Government that legislation exempting employers from reporting quarterly to employees on their...

Tower-owned advice firm Bridges Financial Services has lost its chief executive Chris Wren following an executive make-over of the Trans-Tasman firm’s wealth management a...

MMC Asset Management has provided an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) following an investigation into unsolicited of...

Below are the full results of Money Management’s exclusive poll on attitudes to the soft dollar code released by the Financial Planning Association and the Investment and...

Knowledgeable industry commentators are saying the values of planning businesses have dropped considerably for three key reasons....

Controversy over soft dollar payments and conflicts of interest are threatening the financial planning industry. Money Management invited some of the industry’s leaders t...

Fund managers and product providers may still fail to meet the deadline for compliance with the new dollar disclosure regime despite the Australian Securities and Investm...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investments and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have moved to head off a further bid by accountants to get a larger...