Adelaide-based SMSF firm Excelsuper appoints first franchise owner as part of expansion move....

Peter Daly's Beacon Group has further grown its footprint in the financial advice space with the announcement today of a merger with Risk and Investment Advisers Australi...

Matthew Rowe writes that, broken down to its essence, the problems confronting the life/risk sector are about leadership, not professional advice....

The Senate Economics References Committee focus on financial advice is proving to be more about stage craft than pursuing substantial change....

Risk advisers and their licensees should not be reluctant to hold insurers to account via APLs....

The Association of Financial Advisers says its OK for licensees to take a self-directed approach ahead of the mandating of any standards out of the Trowbridge recommendat...

The Financial Services Council has warned against granting ASIC product intervention powers as a bridge too far....

Countplus announces Pierre Kraft as CEO of new business - Advice389....

ASIC signals clamp down on multiple instances of planning firms charging for advice that was never provided....

Labor’s Bernie Ripoll has declared he will not contest his Queensland seat at the next Federal Election....

ASIC has confirmed to a Parliamentary Committee it has been ‘working’ with real estate agents found to be giving property-related SMSF advice....

Money Management will host an event on 21 May which canvasses key asset allocation questions in the context of Federal Budget outcomes....

Even those accountants with a heavy focus on self-managed superannuation funds are exhibiting little urgency where the new limited licensing regime is concerned....

Most accountants and financial advisers would be prepared to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) with as little as $100,000 to $200,000, according to a su...