Praemium have this morning announced profits of $14.7 million, recording a 35 per cent increase on revenue in their fiscal results for the first half of the 2015-16 finan...

Colonial First State (CFS) has launched a new mobile app which it claims will help financial advisers provide better service for their clients....

Investec Australia takes stake in crowd-funding venture as the Government lays regulatory framework to facilitate improved access to the model....

An accounting firm and a financial planning firm have joined GPS Wealth ahead of the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption on 1 July....

Synchron and AIA have come together to create a fixed term level product to meet the changing needs of advisers and clients....

New analysis from Morningstar suggests planners can no longer rely on the original thinking behind the so-called four per cent rule on safe withdrawal rates....

The Government has been urged to consider changes to the Transition to Retirement pension regime because current arrangements unduly favour high income earners....

A property adviser who took a 10-year advance on his salary to pay off a personal debt has been banned from engaging in credit activities for four years....

Homesafe founder, Peter Szabo elected as chairman of SEQUAL, who succeeds John Thomas, who will become deputy chairman....

Contango Asset Management adds further depth to the team with the appointment of equity analyst, Richard Ivers....

Perpetual Corporate Trust has recruited State Street’s Hugh Treweeke as Head of RE Services....

KPMG has acquired technology consultancy, Markets IT, as it builds out its capital markets strategy....

Willis chief executive, Tony Barber, has been appointed to head merged group, Willis Towers Watson....

An Olympian has called for men in financial services industry to help champion and mentor women in the industry as they are not seen in representative numbers....

US expats should seek financial advice before renouncing their citizenship in response to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act....

Charter Hall Group is rolling out automatic data feeds to its financial advisers for exporting client and transaction information through XPLAN....

Over 50 per cent of Aussies would consider breaking up with their partner if they knew their partner was in a bleak financial situation, according to a survey....

TAL has launched Health Sense: Fit for Life, which will provide discounts to clients who make sensible health decisions....

Retaining valued accounting staff is proving to be the biggest challenge facing finance chiefs in Australia, a survey reveals....

Positive Wealth Management division outcomes have helped drive the Commonwealth Bank to a $4.8 billion half-year result....