The degree to which superannuation funds comply with the regulatory constraints surrounding the new intra-fund advice regime will rely on how closely they are watched by ...
Premium Income Fund investors now want the Ripoll Inquiry to investigate the collapse of MFS/Octaviar in the same manner as other recent financial collapses....
The Insurance Council of Australia has suggested the Government consider the introduction of a compensation fund as an adjunct to PI insurance....
Squabbling on the part of groups of financial planners is serving to undermine the broader interests of the financial planning industry, according to the chief executive ...
The increased legislative risk to the financial planning sector of late is having no adverse impact on either the demand for advice firms or their sale price, according t...
Dealer groups are concerned about the need to change their Australian Financial Services Licences as a result of the new rules around margin lending....
JANINE MACE explores the current love affair with cash, and the risks and benefits of this asset class for investors....
The Federal Government's move to allow superannuation funds to provide advice to members has served to unite the financial planning industry in voicing its opposition....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued class order relief that will allow super fund members to receive advice from their fund....
Voluntary contributions to super have all but dried up in the face of the Federal Government's May Budget and announcements from the interim Henry Report, according to th...
APRA researchers have again used a University of NSW colloquium to canvas some radical ideas....
It is remarkable how many people were surprised by the comments provided to a Parliamentary committee by senior executives of the Australian Securities and Investments Co...
Despite recent headway made in reducing the underinsurance problem, too many Australians are still too exposed to risk....
When Australia was enjoying a bull property market, investors - many of them retirees - opted to put their money in mortgage funds as a way of guaranteeing a regular inco...
New research reveals that axing commissions will not by itself serve to reduce superannuation fees to the level desired by the Federal Government....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....