Increasing activity in Australia’s commercial property sector is fuelling industry confidence in the national economy....

Heated discussion has emerged around a Victorian Liberal Party Senate candidate who also happens to be a policy adviser within an industry fund....

Financial advisers were ‘pawns’ in the financial industry to distribute products in the past, but this will no longer cut muster, a consultant firm principal believes. ...

ASIC has banned a former ANZ authorised representative for 10 years for contravening financial services laws via misleading and deceptive conduct....

The Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer, has pointed to around 5000 enterprise agreements which are inappropriately eliminating choice from default super....

More than half of Australian employers monitor their staff members’ internet use, with a further 27 per cent blocking access to online shopping sites, a survey reveals....

Bell Financial Group is starting 2016 on a high, following the announcement of a 165 per cent increase in pre-tax profits....

A former financial adviser is facing sentencing after pleading guilty to dishonestly using client collateral in margin loans applications. ...

A lobby group has opposed the Government’s move to limit brokers’ use of client funds to hedge against their financial risks. ...

Qualified financial services candidates in short supply in NT but employers not willing to grow their own CFPs, according to new research....

The Financial Services Council has warned the Government against sacrificing national retirement savings to appease critics of the super tax concessions....

The ANZ has issued a formal statement denying claims by two sacked global market traders of a culture of sex, drugs and alcohol. ...

Early year stockmarket jitters are fuelling surge of investment in exchange traded products as investors eye low-cost options, Van Eck Global reports....

International investment manager, Neuberger Berman, is moving forward with plans to expand its Taiwan team to serve its growing client-base....

Investors are being urged not to forego emerging markets despite gloom and doubt over their economies....

Perpetual Limited is starting 2016 on a high after seeing its FUM rise by $2.5 billion to $30.9 billion in the second quarter of the financial year....

Catastrophes, including bushfires and a tornado, are costing insurers $1.3 million a day, the Insurance Council of Australia reveals....

HUB24 has reported its gross inflows for the second quarter of FY2016 of $406 million, taking total FUA to $2.37 billion....

Robo-advice should be used to examine investors’ choices and enhance their investments rather than starting from scratch. ...

As Australia’s major planning organisations argue the case around education standards, their Canadian counterparts also see education and certification as a key....