Witnessing a lift in their FE Crown Fund Ratings from one to four Crowns are the Evans and Partners International strategy and the State Street Passive Balanced Trust....

Over a third of funds in the Australian Core Strategies Equity – Australia sector have been awarded a four and five-Crown rating, making it the sector that’s fared the be...

While several strategies have witnessed a fall in their FE Crown Fund Rating, some funds’ underperformance can be put down to conviction, while others continue to perform...

Westpac has admitted breaching its responsible lending obligations when providing home loans, and agreed to a $35 million civil penalty to resolve Federal Court proceedin...

Adelaide financial adviser Glenn Sterrey, of Bentley Wealth Partners (BWP), says “I am an overnight success… it’s just taken me 35 years to get here”....

IFM Investors has announced that the firm’s outperformance has resulted in a global fee rebate....

BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia has launched a new Australian equities product....

Morgan Stanley has topped GlobalData’s ranking of global M&A financial advisers in information and communications technology for Q2 2018....

BT has launched a corporate super product offering members the digital capabilities of BT Panorama. ...

With fee disclosure a key issue facing advisers, two financial advisers have formed a new company, PortfoliosDirect, which will allow advisers to offer a transparent, non...

Super funds chasing alpha in their multi-manager equity portfolios need to tread cautiously to manage the impact of real-world implementation costs, according to new rese...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has pointed to multiple instances where lower level bank employees have suffered pay cuts related to failures, but their ex...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled that it will be undertaking a shadow shop of superannuation funds....

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority not to impose extreme CPD requirements on advisers but, rather, align...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Wollongong-based financial adviser. ...

Fixed income specialist, Ardea Investment Management, has announced two appointments following a period of strong growth. ...

AMP Capital has appointed Michel Debs as a portfolio manager/analyst on AMP Capital’s global listed infrastructure team in London....

Companies with resilient business models, strong cash flows and conservative approaches to debt will tough out the current emerging markets climate. ...

Market conditions are attractive for SMEs to acquire their own premises via their SMSFs, according to specialist commercial property lender, the Thinktank Group....

Despite 44 per cent of Australian workers not fully understanding or feeling on top of their super, a belief that financial advice is expensive is stopping many from seek...