ASIC has banned a New South Wales mortgage broker, Michael Wilkins, from engaging in credit activities for three years. ...

Improved dividends from companies in the portfolio have helped drive Argo Investments’ half-year profit up by 6.2 per cent....

The Folkestone Maxim A-REIT Securities Fund has been added to Colonial First State FirstWrap....

BlackRock has appointed Kimberly Kim as its new head of financial institutions group, Asia Pacific....

David Busoli has launched a new business, signalling his return to the self-managed superannuation space, which aims to deliver cohesive and strategic administrative assi...

Publicly-listed insurer, ClearView, has launched an online payment facility enabling financial advisers to charge a flat fee for insurance advice. ...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has canvassed having more powers to deal with retail sales of hybrid securities despite not having raised concerns wi...

Education providers are already seeing the benefits of the new planner education regime, with Mentor Education having experienced increased enrolments in its course offer...

CPA Australia has urged the Government to increase funding to the Tax Practitioners Board to enable it to better regulate new entities....

Magellan Financial Group has acquired John Sevior’s Airlie Funds Management and Frontier Partners Group in North America....

ClearView Life has taken a hit to its direct life insurance sales business and will refund $1.5 million to 16,000 consumers....

Pan-Tribal Asset management has appointed Nick Baring as its new key account manager....

The Vertium Equity Income Fund has been added to Hub24 and FirstWrap’s IDPS superannuation menus....

Townsends Business and Corporate Lawyers has rewarded SMSF specialist with an associate position....

National not-for-profit, Good Shepherd Microfinance, has launched the first Australian online cash-loan alternative. ...

Online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, Saxo Capital Markets, has launched a new account for entry-level traders. ...

Former KPMG national chairman, Peter Nash, has been added to the board of Westpac....

With expectations of rising interest rates in most major markets, bond funds with the longest dated bonds are looking increasingly risky, according to GAM....

Magellan’s acquisition of Airlie Funds Management signals the manager’s foray into the domestic equities space, after years of strong performance wrought from heavy inves...

Magellan’s acquisition of Airlie Funds Management melds similar reputations and cultures....