As part of a plan to offer advisers an in-house direct investment capability, independent dealer group Mawson Securities has bought Adelaide based stockbroking and invest...

Investors should allocate 25 per cent of their portfolio to international equities as growing volatility on global markets gives good stock pickers better scope for outpe...

ANZ chief executive John McFarlane has played down speculation he will expand the bank’s wealth management business through acquisitions in the near future, while announc...

The Federal Government has given the strongest indication yet that it will scale back some aspects of the Financial Services Reform Act, with parliamentary secretary to t...

Former Tower Life Australia managing director Ken Boag has joined Rice Walker Actuaries as a senior consultant....

A new set of guidelines on conflicts of interest which will impose tougher requirements on advisers than those introduced by the Australian Securities and Investment Comm...

Industry speculation that changes to the asset test exemption would trigger a rush by investors into annuities has been supported by new statistics compiled by the Austra...

Macquarie Funds Management today launched a new private equity arm which it intends to list on the Australian Stock Exchange, providing investors with exposure to unliste...

A Sydney-based finance broker has felt the wrath of the corporate watchdog for a second time after being convicted in the Central Local Court of managing a company while ...

Listed financial services and planning group DKN Financial has asked shareholders with a small holding in the company to sell their stake in attempt to save on administra...