New licensees offering holistic advice have seen a net growth of 120 adviser roles since the start of the year and are the fastest-growing type of financial planners, acc...
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association has welcomed the announcement from the corporate regulator regarding its “reasonable approach” in the early stage of t...
ASIC will take a reasonable approach in the early stages of the reforms arising from the Royal Commission provided industry participants are using their best efforts to c...
Infrastructure as an asset class has a potential to outperform the MSCI World ex Australia by three percentage points per annum for the next three years, according to Van...
The corporate regulator found responsible entities handled the challenges of illiquid asset valuation during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic well, but there are...
Challenger repositioned its investment portfolio during the pandemic which included holding higher levels of cash and liquid assets and enhanced its business risk setting...
Alternative investment manager has announced the launch of its debt income fund with 5% to 7% per annum target return....
First Sentier Investors has announced the launch of the Responsible Listed Infrastructure fund to Australian institutional and wholesale investors....
The Financial Adviser Standard and Ethics Authority has revealed how many current advisers have passed it exam, but a broader context is required to analyse exact numbers...
Lockdowns will curtail economic and leasing activity in the office market over the short-term and continue to represent a key risk until vaccination levels are high enoug...


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....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
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...