Spring Financial Group is the latest financial planning group to seek a listing on the ASX, after launching an IPO in late December....

Synchron’s Don Trapnell urges risk advisers to counter worst elements of Trowbridge interim report, including five-year responsibility period....

Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has appointed Jon Sutton as managing director and chief executive officer, effective immediately....

The prevention of advice crises in a post-Murray financial system will hinge on differentiating between wholesale and retail investors, an investor registry head believes...

Users of ‘robo-advice’ need to ask some basic questions of the online services including whether the operators have appropriate qualifications and experience in the inves...

An SMSF trustee has been ordered to pay fines and legal costs of $37,500, after taking advice from a financial planner before providing unauthorised loans to his brother-...

The FPA’s 11th hour FPEC “gift” rewarded in Parliamentry Committee’s final report....

APRA warns life insurers they need to take responsibility for the manner in which their products are sold....

Two Melbourne men and one of their partners have been charged with conspiring to defraud financial institutions of approximately $110 million, following an ASIC investiga...

MDS Financial signals further acquisitions after completing its transaction with Sequoia Financial to gain a solid foothold in the SMSF sector....

The Findex Group has formally acquired financial planning and accounting firm Crowe Horwath after eyeing the business for months. ...

Jordan Hawke departs Suncorp Life prompting search for replacement ...

ASIC cancelled the AFSL of Coal Industry Superannuation Fund after its merger with AUSCOAL Super last year....

A former Commonwealth Bank financial planner will have her compensation claim for an injury sustained at a motel following a team meeting reassessed following an appeal....

ASIC has concluded the past year with a spate of financial services licence cancellations with a total of 10 licences cancelled in the last working week before Christmas....

APRA identifies exit of reinsurers as primary driver of higher premiums in group market....

Profitable investing in the post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) environment requires far more than simple good luck or good management. Instead, a new paper by AMP Capital...

ASIC has imposed conditions on the licence of Guardian Advice after finding advice that lacked a reasonable basis or lacked evidence it was given in the best interest of ...

First home buying has fallen to its lowest level ever, making up just 6.9 per cent of all home loans, down from a previous long-term national average of 15 per cent, acco...

Australian investors are increasingly turning to ETFs to tap into the benefits of offshore investments, with the sector surpassing $15 billion in funds under management. ...