Management expense ratios (MERs) are a “crude instrument” for measuring costs and should not be used in isolation, according to Zenith Investment Partners hea...

The Commonwealth Bank has announced its intention to roll out a retail bond offering....

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is preparing to launch a new low-cost investment platform, Trinity³, which the group said would be unconstrained by the legacy issues facin...

Deutsche Bank has announced that Chum Darvall will step down as CEO for Australia and New Zealand from 1 March, 2011, to be replaced by executive chairman John Macfarlane...

Although the country has well and truly emerged from the global financial crisis, advisers and investors are still bullish on bank term deposits, according to a new repor...

The principal of William Buck Wealth Advisors, Rob Davy, has announced his retirement after almost 20 years in the financial planning industry. He will be succeeded by hi...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a consultation package on enhancing regulation of Australia’s equity market, proposing the ...

Queensland advice and wealth management firm Elston Partners has acquired two high-net-worth financial planning practices – BMM Financial Services and DV&A Fina...

DKN Financial Group has taken a 20 per cent stake in Melbourne-based Moneyplan Australia – the group’s eighth succession since it launched its Equity Partners...

In the face of last month’s predictions about interest rate rises, the take up of fixed rate home loans has reached a two-year high in October, according to the mor...