Some of the major banks may have exited their wealth businesses but that has just meant that bank staff are now promoting the financial services products of the companies...

Vertium Asset Management has announced the appointment of Tomas Vasquez as its new portfolio manager/equity analyst....

The Lonsec Symposium in Sydney has been told that investors should brace for a prolonged period of rising geopolitical uncertainty....

Former financial adviser, Trevor William Martin, has pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining client funds....

TAL has moved to consolidate its retail offering following its acquisition of Suncorp’s Asteron business and will take Asteron Retail off-sale from 1 July and trim staff ...

Datasets used to measure past trajectory of Australian population and cultural changes can be drawn upon to predict how Australia’s future will be shaped, according to Be...

MyState Limited has appointed Jukka Viljanmaa to its trustee and wealth management arm, Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees (TPT), as senior manager, investment....

A regulatory framework created over 20 ago poses barriers to companies launching new retirement income products, despite Australians fearing running out of money in retir...

ASIC will likely require some insurance code of practice provisions are strengthened before it approves the code, and these requirements may extend to other industry bodi...

The outcome of this year’s Federal election could have differing impacts for financial planners regarding each parties’ views on superannuation and tax....

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has called for changes which would see environmental, social and governance considerations formally factored into regul...

Up to 30 per cent of planners have indicated they intend leaving the industry because of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime and an end to grandfa...

AIA Australia has launched its digital health management program, enabling cancer patients to receive care as soon as their claim is lodged....

Australia’s insurance technology sector has significantly grown over the last year, with the number of companies involved in the market increasing by 53 per cent....

Bell Potter’s GPS Managed Accounts solution gives you a transparent one fee pricing model with no hidden fees and charges....

Local institutional investors aren’t getting around emerging opportunities in Australian agribusiness, despite overseas funds jumping on the opportunity the sector offers...

Proxy voting is an ‘indispensable’ way investors can influence companies and industries on their ESG practices, according to Calvert Research and Management. ...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has warned superannuation funds that they have a higher duty to member best interests and may be held to account when it co...

Actuarial research and ratings house, Rice Warner has pointed to the disability insurance problems facing the major insurers and the vexed question of best interests vers...

The election of a Labor Government will confirm rather than increase the number of planners choosing to exit the industry....