Identifying corporate takeover targets can be a lucrative strategy but avoiding rumour is critical, writes Christian Ryan....

Investors should look towards India as China moves from production to consumption, the population ages and Beijing’s military expansion unnerves its neighbours, Indy Sing...

The idea of a last resort compensation scheme is again being canvassed in Canberra but it is something that should not occur in isolation to fixing the PI insurance regim...

Boutique, employee owned fund manager picks up industry fund investment deal....

Core bonds have proven to play a central role in portfolios throughout the years. Head of PIMCO Australia Adrian Stewart explains how a traditional core bond strategy can...

Insync global equities fund added to investment and superannuation/pension menus of Macquarie Wrap platform....

Financial services technology and software provider IRESS signs deal to provide order management services for major broking group....

Morningstar will launch environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores for global managed funds and exchange-traded funds later this year....

Despite perceptions that financial planners are Lexus-driving money-makers, a large proportion of the industry take home relatively modest pay-packets, the Money Manageme...

Often the unsung heroes of the back office, many paraplanners have forged lengthy careers in the sector despite many feeling underpaid....

Despite female financial planners earning less than their male counterparts, non-aligned female planners are reaching the highest pay bracket, according to a survey....

Australia’s ETF market is continuing to grow, hitting a new record high of $19.3 billion....

Responding to adviser demand for global equities, Mason Stevens has partnered with Peter MacGregor Capital to offer a global equity SMA....

Female planning practice principals or chief executives are more likely to hold a Masters than their male counterparts....

The big banks need to freeze statute of limitation dates for customers participating in advice compensation schemes....

Financal Planning Association chief executive, Mark Rantall, says nobody should underestimate how much assistance some advisers will need adjusting to the post-Trowbridge...

ASIC has continued to express concerns around the culture of advice and frontline staff in banks, and has advised its enforcement teams to go for harsher penalties....

Big insurer, TAL, has launched a new consumer-oriented lifebroker comparison tool....

ANZ has reported a solid increase in unaudited net profit in the third quarter amid tougher conditions....

Super returns are riding a volatility roller coaster, according to the latest data from SuperRatings....