The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently issued a warning, telling investors and advisers to be aware of the pitfalls of share trading systems...
A former AMP financial adviser has been banned for life from acting as an in-vestment adviser....
A former AMP financial adviser has been banned for life from acting as an invest-ment adviser....
American author Robert Kiyosaki has thrown down the gauntlet to educators, including financial advisers, challenging them to find ways in which to educate the young about...
With any strategy or transaction undertaken by a financial adviser on behalf of a client, consideration must be given to the anti-avoidance rules of the Income Tax Assess...
Joe Hockey’s office is likely to be bombarded with reams and reams of responses to the federal government’s draft CLERP 6 legislation....
After much deliberation, the Senate passed the member/ trustee laws late last year which have significanrt ramifications for self managed super funds (SMSF). The March 31...
As any financial adviser knows, the best way to sound authoritative about the share market is to guess. That is exactly how Christine Kiernan of Kiernan Consultants manag...
Australian Clearing Services (ACS) has formed another alliance with a financial services provider — Norwich Union’s Navigator. The new share trading service is to be bran...
Losing a loved one is a tragic thing, paying tax is a disaster....
The financial institutions have emerged as the dominant players in the financial planning industry as they attempt to corner customers across the whole spectrum, from the...
There is a growing recognition of the role of financial planners as lifestyle planners or strategists in helping clients achieve their lifetime goals, rather than simply ...
Greg Gunther has a pilot's licence, but has never used it in his work as a fi-nancial adviser in the Darling Downs of rural south-east Queensland. A shame, as the flying ...
Financial planners, investment advisers, accountants, and all professionals who provide investment advice should be aware of the recent introduction of the prudent person...
The recent surge in interest in hedge funds has spread to the retail market with the launch of Hedge Funds Australia (HFA) hedge fund....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...