Private banks have failed to understand investors, and are sending clients irrelevant information and ignoring their real needs....

The new economy has brought with it new criteria for investor protection, a senior ASIC commissioner has told members of the FPA Melbourne chapter....

While a reasonable proportion of investors access financial services information over the Internet and are confident in conducting transactions via this means, the majori...

For financial planners to attract and retain affluent clients, the so-called emerging wealth investor, such as self managed super fund trustees, they need to offer a broa...

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....

The picture for gold stocks is brighter than it’s been for some time, but investors, it seems, are just not seeing it....

Last month, Australia’s investment watchdog fired out a missive to investors alerting them to the dangers of the margin lending market. Samantha Walker asked the in-dustr...

The booming margin lending market may be attracting heat from regulators around the world, but Ralph inspired tax changes are set to keep the flame burning. Jason Spits ...

The world’s largest active fixed interest manager, US-based PIMCO, says there is a unique opportunity for fixed interest investors in the middle range of credit qual-ity ...

Hillross Financial Services is to begin a mail-out to 2,500 of its investors in its PortfolioCare Investment Service this week, following news its disclosure docu-ments m...

All planners know the pitfalls of recommending investments that do not fit the risk profile of their clients. Putting aside the ultimate scenario of a disgruntled investo...

Tower Life Australia hopes to raise $40 million from its new Protected Equity Bond which is being distributed direct to investors via a call centre....