The retirement incomes market has experienced a degree of innovation over the last 12 months, but as Angela Faherty discovers, more change is needed....
SMSF specialist warns against minimum entry threshold....
The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has called on the Government to explain its so-called contradicting comments regarding self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF...
Exchange traded funds, direct equities, direct fixed interest and structured products are some of the areas AXA’s research team is keeping an eye on at the moment, ...
A number of SMSF advisers surveyed by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia have supported a restricted licence for accountants advisi...
A Sydney woman involved in an illegal early release super scheme has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment....
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has welcomed the Federal Government's endorsement of a SPAA/Australian Artists Association art ...
Investor and adviser sentiment towards property investing will improve as fund managers learn the lessons of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to Charter Hall....
Despite evidence showing Australian advisers are not picking up on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Tria Investment Partner's Andrew Baker takes an optimistic view....
The demand for specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) accreditation has jumped dramatically in light of the Future of Financial Advice and Cooper Review reform recomme...
Cooper Review gets mixed response from the industry, with most lamenting its failure to address superannuation savings adequacy....
In response to a Cooper Review recommendation that self-managed super fund (SMSF) professionals be banned from investing in art and collectables, SPAA has stated artwork ...
AMP has introduced improved online functionality for its separately managed account (SMA) service, AMP Personalised Portfolio, after signing a deal with a new underlying ...
SPAA urges superannuation investors to be proactive, yet cautious, in the lead-up to the end of the financial year so they can avoid common traps and maximise their tax p...
Dealer groups owned by product providers will prosper while mid to large-scale independent planning groups may struggle to survive under financial advice industry reforms...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...