CFS has introduced online tools to enable instant set-up of client accounts and will launch various managed accounts solutions on its wrap....

The new Life Insurance Framework appears to be causing consolidation in the life/risk sector as single adviser operations feel the squeeze....

Equity Trustees has appointed Alan O’Brien to work in its corporate trustee services team. ...

AstuteWheel has today launched the Astute Estate Planner which overhauls the process for professionals by lessening time constraints....

ASIC warns Australian investors to avoid dealing with a number of companies offering binary option trading services which are not authorised to operate under the local la...

The outcome of the Federal election will not change the fact that the new super regime is for building only a moderate retirement nest-egg, according to Austock....

Former BT Select practice, BCB Financial Planning has chosen to be licensed by GPS Wealth, with GPS Wealth planning on striking further agreements with other accounting f...

New study confirms insurance claimants who sought help from financial advisers were likely to be more satisfied with insurance companies. ...

The Productivity Commission has been told that super funds see the provision of advice as a key service to members, but view intra-fund and scaled advice as most cost-eff...

MLC has rehired Russell Hannah as its new general manager, retail advised insurance sales, to help lead the business through its transformation....

Petplan Australasia Pty Ltd is updating its Petplan advertising after customers were exposed to misleading insurance information....

Diversity in the market helped grow the total market capitalisation of the listed investment companies market in April, according to Zenith Investment Partners....

The rapid increase of communication technology and social media use, along with regulatory change, will make financial advice businesses more accountable than ever to the...

By 2025 personal super will account for 18 per cent of total super assets, and employer super 16 per cent, according to DEXX&R....

Regulatory anomalies can mean the benefits of obtaining insurance within superannuation can be eroded at claims time....

Publicly listed companies, OneVue and Diversa, have agreed on a merger move, under which OneVue will acquire all of Diversa’s ordinary shares, according to an ASX announc...

Dealer group Synchron has won a key legal battle securing the exclusion of commissions and fees on behalf of advisers from the calculation of payroll tax....

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Cuscal’s Adrian Lovney has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive of new payments platform company, NPP Australia. ...

Wholesale infrastructure investment house, Gardior, is recruiting experienced board representative, Ian Gillings to its board, replacing Greg Cantor....