The Federal Opposition will resume its push to make Australia a regional financial services hub....
With current market conditions to stay put for a long time to come, forward-thinking employers in the banking and financial services industry are going ahead with hiring ...
Research house Zenith Investment Partners has signed two financial planning practices to its new client list for 2012....
The chief executive of ING DIRECT, Don Koch, is to be succeeded by Vaughn Richter, with Koch to take on the role of chief executive of ING Bank Italy....
Insurers and financial advisers must work together throughout the emotion-charged insurance claims process if they are to truly benefit the client and avoid the the frust...
Trustees and responsible entities need to assess the extent to which the Federal Government's changes to reduced input tax credit rates will affect fund services, accordi...
APRA says it will consider granting insurers transition time to higher capital standards on a case-by-case basis....
Overall direct life insurance sales have grown 11.3 per cent in 2011 and in-force annual premiums are up 10.9 per cent despite flat growth in credit-related insurance sal...
Australian Property Growth Fund and Cyre Trilogy Group are accusing each other of misleading investors in their battle over the management of four Austgrowth Property Tru...
Ratings house Lonsec has changed its research process for index funds and will now use separate criteria to rate index managed funds and exchange-traded funds....


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...