The six largest financial planning institutions can expect a visit from ASIC which will examine their compliance with high-risk advice areas....
Industry superannuation fund members with balances of more than $250,000 are more satisfied with their funds’ performance then those who invested with retail funds, a sur...
Chan & Naylor flags SMSF loans flowing from new JV with Origin Finance to form Chan & Naylor Finance....
A national examination for planners is an inadequate measure and should not be implemented according to CPA Australia....
Accountants are more qualified to give financial advice than planners, largely due to their working knowledge of SMSFs, a small business owner believes....
EQT and Dundas have added their EQT Dundas Global Equity Fund to the ASX-backed mFund settlement service....
A senior and experienced cohort of financial planners are choosing to move away from expensive platforms. ...
Only 15 per cent of accountants in providing advice on SMSFs are authorised to provide investment advice while a further 13 per cent are only RG146 compliant....
The financial planning industry has illustrated “inappropriate levels of quality” going back more than a decade, ASIC said....
Managed accounts have taken years to bloom, as Jason Spits writes, the large players have been waiting to pounce....
The number of SMSFs set up by accountants has fallen 20 per cent in the last two years according to research conducted by Investment Trends....
A review of disclosure to investors by the unlisted property industry has been described as “disappointing” by ASIC....
The standard of retirement income products needs to be lifted to that of SMSFs to fit in with a well-working retirement system...
Superannuation funds must change their asset allocation to accommodate the evolving income and liquidity requirements of members, Mark Thomas writes....
Investors Mutual will aim to raise $200 million for its new listed investment company QV Equities Limited. ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....