The average industry superannuation fund member is around $2,000 a year better off than their retail counterparts, according to ISA....

The AFA will release its Financial Advice Competency Framework at its conference this week, in which it outlines the skills and attributes required by advisers....

Nine years on from the GFC, it is imperative that all portfolios are reassessed to consider the overall balance and construction with a clear focus on the defensive alloc...

Senior Australians are increasingly turning to planners for retirement incomes advice....

On the third anniversary of ASIC Report 413 which gave rise to the Life Insurance Framework there are calls for regulatory proof that it was warranted....

Litigation funder IMF Bentham has announced its funding of a class action against the Commonwealth Bank has gone unconditional....

Bennelong Wealth Partners chief executive, William Davidson has been appointed as chief executive of Powerwrap, effective from January, next year....

Regtech solutions provider Red Marker and education provider Kaplan Professional have encouraged the use of regtech solutions to face ASIC scrutiny....

Magellan has posted net inflows of $146 million as at 29 September 2017 and has closed its IPO of its global trust at $1.55 billion....

Lonsec Research will be providing investment research and consulting services to risk-focused dealer group, Synchron....

AMP and the Black Dog Institute have designed a program to provide its staff and advisers the tools to manage difficult and challenging conversations about mental health....

The CBA has issued a statement saying it would defend the shareholder class action brought against it by Maurice Blackburn in relation to the anti-money laundering scand...

A Senate Committee has been told small businesses should have recourse to a complaints mechanism when confronted by demands by superannuation funds....

The Financial Planning Association has urged giving the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the power to ban anyone in a financial services business whose ac...

The Australian equity market is showing plenty of opportunity for investors, as long as you know where to look. Andrew Martin, Principal at Alphinity Investment Managemen...

Praemium’s results from the September 2017 quarter have set a new level for platform records with funds under administration of $6.6 billion....

Research and ratings house, Lonsec has rewarded the experience of the investment team behind the Lazard Australian Diversified Income Fund....

Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a new trade matching tool utilising artificial intelligence and predictive analysis....

QIC Limited has gone for experience in appointing Professor Patrice Derrington to its board, underling its recent US regional shopping malls investment....

Wheelhouse Investment Partners has taken its Global Equity Income Fund into the retail market....