If financial institutions hope to improve public trust, Jonathan Steffanoni writes, they need to be careful in how they handle other people’s data....

As we draw ever closer to the 18 May Federal Election, Outsider believes it is worth reminding readers that while we may have had no fewer than five Prime Ministers over ...

Context is everything and thus Outsider acknowledges that the ABC’s recent election-time coverage of the franking credits debate may have served Bill Shorten and the Labo...

As any long-term reader of Outsider would know, he occasionally (actually quite frequently) suffers from remuneration envy....

It’s the bus you don’t see that is most likely to hit you, and Simon Mawhinney and Tim Hillier believe that, when investing in AMP, investors are stepping out onto a busy...

Advisory firm Nash Advisory has made four appointments to its team as it envisages increased M&A activity in the industry....

More than two-thirds of high-net-worth individuals will be invested in cryptocurrencies in the next three years, according to a new global poll....

The standardisation of group insurance terms and conditions could help achieve some of the Banking Royal Commission’s recommendations, a leading insurance law firm has sa...

Westpac has taken a 24 per cent hit to its first-half profit as it continues to accommodate hefty remediation costs and the exit of its financial planning businesses....

Industry superannuation funds are urging the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to publish data which identifies which particular types of financial services organ...

GSFM has entered into a partnership with Canada-based Cambridge Global Asset Management, under which the firm will distribute one of its funds in the Australian and New Z...

AMP Limited has announced the appointment of Marissa Bendyk as general counsel, corporate and governance and group company secretary....

Lonsec has awarded its highest rating to the BetaShares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund which was launched in November last year....

The growing population and changing needs have helped social infrastructure earn a ‘core’ status in property, according to ARENA REIT....

Westpac’s advice business was a loss-maker and the big banking group is already estimating the dollar benefits of divestment....

Half-year major bank result analysis by Deloitte shows the banks are still struggling to make growth against the headwinds....

The average age of members opening a self-managed super fund is decreasing, now coming in at under 50, while the average starting balance still aligns with traditional wi...

Australian banks had a turbulent start to 2019 as the Royal Commission outcomes took a toll on the big four banks, according to EY....

Superannuation fund segregation of members’ assets into separate accumulation and pension pools is a critical decision for trustees and needs to come down to much more th...

Research and ratings house, Lonsec has made a strategic offer to advice licensees to take control of their managed account portfolios....