Diverger has submitted an indicative proposal to acquire Centrepoint Alliance....
Net assets per adviser in self-managed superannuation funds have more than doubled since 2019 as the adviser exodus means remaining firms are taking on more clients....
Minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has stated his commitment to affordable financial advice after meeting with Quality of Advice Review reviewer Michelle Lev...
Nick Parsons has stepped down as chief executive of Bravura Solutions and will depart on 22 August....
ASIC has highlighted examples of problematic marketing in managed funds and expects to make a series of regulatory outcomes in the next few months....
There are five reasons why advisers are reluctant to sell up their business, believes Forte Asset Solutions, with expected M&A activity on the horizon for companies with ...
Australia is likely to experience a recession worse than US if the pace of interest rate rises continues, according to Bentham....
The Financial Services Council has issued a new Life Insurance Code of Practice for life insurers, introducing 50 additional consumer protections....
In a bid to achieve a cheaper professional indemnity insurance, some licensees are opting for policies with high deductibles which may leave them unable to compensate con...
Commission should continue to be offered on insurance advice, according to The Advisers Association, and current commission rates are too low which was causing advisers t...


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...