New ASFA analysis points to the continuing challenge of market volatility and the need for better academic research....
While the industry has given a broad welcome to the limited licensing regime, accountants will need to be subjected to the same scrutiny as financial planners, writes Mik...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has reinforced its calls for an extension to the timetable for the implementation of MySuper....
Documentation key to handling death benefit disputes within SMSFs, according to superannuation documentation provider Topdocs....
Rountable questions why the Government takes so long on financial services legislation but acts with speed in imposing substantially higher levies....
Russell Investments is set to launch a new survey which would measure and rank fund managers on their after-tax returns....
Superannuation insurance provider Beazley has appointed a new head of finance for Asia-Pacific and an Australian claims manager....
The Productivity Commission's core recommendations on default funds will open up the sector to more players and reduce the primacy of industry super funds....
The 'serious money' being funnelled into Australian agribusiness is coming from overseas, according to Australian Agribusiness Group managing director Marcus Elgin....
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has hit back at calls for self-managed super funds to pay more towards the SuperStream levy....
The deepening use of social media for member communication is pushing superannuation funds closer to transgressing the legal frameworks set in place to govern general and...
ASFA argues that the ATO and not superannuation funds should be the conduit for the changed tax arrangements impacting higher income earners....
Assets constituting trading stock were once the exception to the rule, as they did not have to be treated according to the CGT provisions. DBA Lawyers' Bryce Figot and Na...
Wingate chief investment officer Chad Padowitz says traditional strategies do not manage sequencing risk which is better mitigated with a diversified equities portfolio....
J.P. Morgan targets superannuation funds and managers with automated fund routing and settlement service....
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....