Daintree Capital argues that an expected victory by the Australian Labor Party in the next Federal Election would make bonds more attractive....

Platypus Asset Management’s Australian Equities Fund has received an upgrade to ‘recommended’ from Lonsec Research....

Charter Hall Direct’s PFA Fund has acquired a 50 per cent interest in Brisbane and Perth office buildings leased to state governments....

TH Real Estate has launched an open-ended property fund, the Asia Pacific Cities Fund, which will focus on selected cities across the Asia Pacific....

Antipodes Partners has launched an active exchange-traded fund for its global equity strategy....

AMP Capital has announced the appointment of Emily Woodland as co-head of sustainable investment, effective 12 November....

Removing franking credits won’t just be a detriment to companies, but also national growth and innovation, according to Fidelity portfolio manager, Kate Howitt. ...

The Tax Practitioners Board has revealed it currently has around 400 current investigations into tax practitioners, as the Federal Court upholds its decision to ban a for...

The Australian Labor Party’s negative gearing restrictions would apply across the board to all investments, according to the Tax Institute....

The Financial Planning Association has told the Royal Commission the planning industry would be well served if licensees were obligated to a best interest duty in the sam...

The Financial Services Council has told the Royal Commission that advisers undertake a significant amount of work for clients, justifying their commission payments....

Digital wealth platform, InvestSMART has launched a new pricing model via its PMA platform....

ETF Securities has launched the CURE exchange-traded fund, which will offer investors exposure to healthcare biotechnology companies....

Insight Investment has launched a country sustainability risk model for sovereign assessments....

The Federal Court has ordered Westpac to pay a $3.3 million penalty for its involvement in setting the BBSW in 2010. ...

The Federal Senate will this week consider the controversial amendment to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act first proposed by the then-Treasurer Scott Morriso...

Nine years into the global market’s bull run, ETFs appear to be pushing US tech stocks into unrealistic valuations in ways that may end badly for many, a new whitepaper s...

AMP Limited has pointed to an Australian Securities Exchange decision as vindicating the nature of its insurance sale transaction with Resolution Life....

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that the Labor Party’s proposal to abolish refundable franking credits needs to take into account the bedd...

The Financial Services Council wants to extend its insurance code of conduct to “all life insurance distributors”....