Australian Unity Personal Financial Services (PFS) is focusing on growing its adviser base by marketing itself as a non-aligned financial services organisation, according...
In a draft exposure for self-managed super funds (SMSF) related party transfers, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged Treasury to conside...
Will 2013 be the defining year for self-managed super funds? Bryan Ashenden's policy overview discusses the implications for advisers....
Between limited licenses and auditor registration, it seems 2013 may see SMSFs experience more change more quickly than they ever have previously. ...
A major industry superannuation fund is changing its legal structure to allow SMSFs to invest in its underlying investment platform....
In the wake of APRA's warning that loans to SMSFs are more complex than those in a traditional retail environment, Craig Morgan, director of SMSF Loans, has voiced his di...
Engaging inactive clients will be one of the biggest challenges facing financial advisers in the post-FOFA world, according to executive general manager of advice and mar...
SPAA has come out in support of the Government's move to label LRBAs as a financial product, which would mean only financial planners will be able to advise on these arra...
Recently published statistics on SMSFs point to a healthy sector, according to SPAA's Graeme Colley....
Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has called for property to be regulated as a financial product under the Corporations Act....
While SMSFs are representative of a massive opportunity for many within the super industry, there are also a host of providers looking to the sector for exactly the wrong...
The use of retail fund managers by SMSFs has grown over the past three years, according to Plan For Life....
One-on-one communication with retirees about their likely annual income in retirement is set to be a common tactic used by super funds to engage members....
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Brett Kenny to the board....
Industry commentators have tried to outline an approach by which the boutique funds industry can avoid being sidelined by the rise in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and...
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...