Australian private equity has boosted mergers and acquisitions value to 20 per cent in 2016, according to a market analysis by Minter Ellison....

The average age of board members in Australia has steadily risen, even with the influx of younger female candidates....

CFS platforms have exceeded $535 million thanks to advisers driving annuities to meet complex retirement needs while maintaining admin efficiencies....

Those who design family trusts should consider whether the guardians they appointed were fiduciaries to avoid deadlocks and conflicts in the future. ...

More than half of Australians who only have life insurance in their super are not confident in the level of cover they have, according to a survey....

Investors are more likely to reach their long-term goals if they remain invested and avoid short-term decisions that may take them off course....

ASIC has pointed out that super funds which offer employers seats in their corporate boxes at major sporting events may be guilty of providing an illegal inducement. ...

In Sydney? Learn how risk profiling can help create lifetime relationships with clients. Financial Express is hosting a joint event with risk profiling organisation, Fina...

A former Queensland financial planner has been jailed for seven years on charges including forgery and fraud....

Contango Income Generator has appointed Andrew MacDonald to chair and implement cuts to director remuneration....

IOOF has promoted Western Pacific’s Nathan Stanton to the role of chief executive of Bridges Financial Services....

Liberty Financial has promoted its chief operating officer, James Boyle, to the chief executive role....

Contango Asset Management has recruited UBS’s legal, risk and compliance expert, Hari Morfis, as its new general counsel....

The Institute of Management Account Professionals has expanded its board at the same time as seeing its chairman, Toby Potter, move to a full-time role....

AMP Capital has undertaken key changes within its Global Equities and Fixed Income teams with a series of promotions and departures....

Parametric has launched an emerging market fund for Australian superannuation funds which used a disciplined, rules based, engineered approach to emerging markets. ...

A survey has showed that Australians, particularly men, have continued to struggle to keep up to date on credit card repayments. ...

Adviser Ratings has signed a referral deal with Small Business First to provide small businesses access to financial planners who would accept referrals from them. ...

The latest SuperRatings data confirm that the election of Donald Trump adversely impacted super returns....

Decimal has appointed Promontory Australasia to review its digital advice compliance....