MDS Financial Limited will release a series of structured products providing exposure to the performance of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc....

HUB24 has doubled its FUA and posted record quarterly net inflows for the past quarter driven by new advisers joining the platform....

The falling equities market in China is a the result of local conditions and not a long-term or widespread structural failure according to a global funds management group...

A new APRA analysis has pointed to Australia’s major banks needing to significantly lift their capital adequacy ratios to meet the aspirations of the FSI report....

Poor policy signalling, delayed action, and mis-reading by markets on climate change threaten the stability of the Australian financial system, according to a report....

SMSF trustees who are more likely to receive financial advice were more confident in meeting their retirement goals compared to non-trustees....

Large platforms were not servicing small and mid-tier independent financial advisers with their MDAs, as it may be cheaper to cater to the big firms, a boutique firm said...

Claims that life/risk advisers have been getting 120 per cent upfront commissions are a myth with the real figure being substantially lower....

After two breaches of financial services law Allianz have refunded about 20,000 customers over $1.4 million....

Life insurer AIA Australia has committed to another five years of partnership with the mental health initiative SuperFriend....

Macquarie Wrap is the fourth platform to add a fledgling fund from AllianceBernstein to its platform line-up. ...

Asset management firms using new active strategies and product innovation have been able to stay ahead of the pack, according to a benchmarking survey....

More than two thirds of financial employers would not be increasing headcount as confidence in the economy sagged, a survey showed....

Former CommInsure managing director, Peter Beck, has won a 10-year legal battle with the Commonwealth Bank over his multi-million dollar defined benefit pension entitleme...

The AIOFP has labelled the tri-party life/risk commission regime changes as a sell out of advisers and will submit its own amended regime model this week....

ASIC’s continuing investigation of ACE Insurance results in an adviser being permanently banned....

ASIC has disqualified SMSF auditor Peter Brennan after his performance was found to be deficient along with failing to provide audit reports to three funds....

Boutique fund manager Prime Value Asset Management has launched its Prime Value Cash Plus Fund into the retail space....

The Macquarie Wrap investment platform has added AllianceBernstein’s Managed Volatility Equities Fund....

Superannuation fund LGsuper has created chief digital officer role as it pursues strategic digital transformation....