Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has told financial planners they haven't managed to convince him the introduction of a two-year opt-in requirement would "beat th...
Shadforth Financial Group and Snowball Financial Solutions have completed the first stage of their planned merger, with more than 90 per cent of holders in Shadforth acce...
Former Westpoint chief financial controller, Graeme Rundle, has been found guilty of lying to a bank to obtain more than $70 million for a Sydney property project, accord...
AMP Capital Investors has recruited Ella Brown to the newly created role of head of fundamental equities to oversee the Asian, capital, sustainable and New Zealand equiti...
Bendigo and Adelaide Group has announced a series of appointments that will help generate awareness about the products and services offered by its new Bendigo Wealth divi...
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has created a new position within its business development team, appointing Simon Reed as national adviser solutions manager....
Managing director of Merrill Lynch and former financial planner, Jay O'Neil, will soon relocate to Australia from the United States to head up Macquarie Private Bank, Mac...
Former head of Colonial First State (CFS) Investments and Challenger Financial Services Group, Chris Cuffe, has become chair of UniSuper after more than four years as an ...
MLC and NAB Wealth have taken on a new general manager of marketing, appointing Simonne Hogan to the role....
The Financial Sector Union (FSU) has criticised Westpac chief executive officer Gail Kelly for allegedly considering sending more than a thousand jobs overseas, with the ...
Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...
Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...