Just 20 funds account for nearly 60 per cent of assets in the APRA-regulated sector, with further consolidation predicted to occur....
A former Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced to five years jail with a non-parole period of three-and-a-half years for fraudulent conduct that cost investor...
Structured products such as derivatives have yet to recover from recent market impacts with the sector having been reduced from $4 billion to $1 billion in recent years d...
Only one tenth of new ETF investors receive financial advice, according to the BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. ...
Specialist documentation provider Topdocs issues caution on appropriate documentation within SMSFs....
AMP has driven solid cashflows out of its platform acquisitions, but planning firm flows prove patchy....
CareSuper chief executive Julie Lander says there needs to be adequate understanding of the underlying costs of SMSFs....
ASIC’s review of MDA guidance has major flaws, according to Bailey Roberts Group....
In light of the new rules coming into force on 1 July, David Court provides a list of the changes and a reminder of one that will not be happening. ...
ASIC has signaled it will soon be issuing a consultation paper dealing with the costs associated with self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs)....
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has pointed to poor quality advice with respect to SMSFs and the influence of real property spruikers....
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has pointed to poor quality advice with respect to SMSFs and the influence of real property spruikers....
Lawyer Peter Townsend questions whether concessional tax settings are prejudiced against businesses using SMSFs....
Lawyer Peter Townsend questions whether concessional tax settings are prejudiced against businesses using SMSFs....
David Shirlow from Macquarie Adviser Services brings you up to date with new developments regarding the way SMSF trustees can structure insurance....
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...