There are significant differences between those providing financial advice and those providing credit advice and they need to be recognised, according to Westpac....

The Praemium separately managed account (SMA) has added the Franklin Concentrated Global Equity ex Australia portfolio to its list of available offerings, as the rise of ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management has launched three separately managed accounts exclusively on FirstWrap....

As the financial services industry looks closely at competition, securities exchange Chi-X says that competition has driven it to both innovate and save investors money o...

ASIC is continuing to bring SMSF auditors under greater scrutiny with the regulator making two disqualifications this week for a failure to report legislative contraventi...

Research from Milliman Inc. has found that a scheme encouraging older Australian couples to downsize their homes will likely help those couples with lower super balances....

The Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner – small business has sought to reassure small business that the Office is acting in their best interests....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been urged not to allow the newly-formed Australian Financial Complaints Authority to name and shame relatively l...

The Australian Banker’s Association has backed extracting product recommendations from the delivery of advice....

Prodigy Investment Partners’ has offered advisers and their clients access to the Flinders Emerging Companies Fund at institutional prices through leading platform, HUB24...

Spaceship Financial Services and Tidswell Financial services have each paid a $12,600 penalty, following an Australian Securities and Investments Commissions investigatio...

Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority chief executive, Deen Sanders, has signalled his departure from the organisation....

Avoka has hired two lead designers, Nicholas Nelson and Johnny Power, in a move to expand its customer experience leadership for financial services clients....

Ralton Asset Management has appointed Will Riggall as its new portfolio manager....

CommInsure has launched a new digital quote and application process for its members in partnership with UnderwriteMe Australia. ...

Mainstream Fund Services has recruited Link Fund Solutions executive, Andy Harrison as its new chief executive....

8IP Emerging Companies has announced the strategic support of Wilson Asset Management and the appointment of two directors to the Board. ...

The latest version of Optimo Financial’s Pathfinder paraplanning software includes SMSF modelling in the beta testing stage....

Former Aviva Funds executive, Sylvia Falzon has joined the board of Suncorp....

Environmental, social and governance analysis in the emerging market debt has potential to generate enhanced alpha for investors, according to Insight Investment....