Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has given his strongest indicator yet that a cut to the cash rate could come as early as June....
Uncertainty from trade wars between the US and China has had an impact on the Australian agricultural sector, undermining its exports....
Australian fixed income investors believe falling house prices pose the biggest risk to credit markets with 95 per cent expecting prices to fall further....
Research revealing how alarmingly little consumers know about their super funds’ performance has strengthened calls for the Government and industry to provide an easy-to-...
The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have formed a joint taskforce to help guide the future of life/risk commissions....
Research and ratings house Zenith has expanded into New Zealand with the acquisition of Kiwi research business, FundSource....
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has announced it is recruiting for a number of newly-created senior roles....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has pointed to the problems identified in the Commonwealth Bank Prudential Inquiry as also affecting other financial servic...
IOOF has declared its confidence that it can meet the June deadline for meeting the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s requirements around its superannuation bu...
Despite the not too distant memory of market volatility, recent optimism makes it easy to believe the good times will continue and forget that the future is uncertain. So...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former Sydney financial adviser for five years after running up debts of $9.8 million....
Praemium has announced it has entered into a partnership with Pitcher Partners Wealth Management Brisbane....
Fitch Ratings believes that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority proposals could slightly raise risk within mortgage portfolios where borrowers are granted mort...
Digital technology’s clash with legacy infrastructure and the spread of 5G mobile networks are among risks identified by Swiss Re Institute in its latest insurance risk r...
Retirement solutions have been limited by a one size fits all approach. With baby boomers moving into retirement, the need for new and innovative retirement solutions has...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has put a number of financial institutions on notice that their governance arrangements are such that they risk being subje...
A new investment bank report has painted a gloomy picture of the Australian wealth management industry in which recent fee cuts will not be enough to avert significant pr...
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has opened the process for financial planners with foreign qualifications to have them approved and to know whether f...
Retirees have seen a slight increase in living costs over the last quarter, according to the ASFA Retirement Standard, with a jump in the cost of food particularly contri...
Natixis Investment Managers is working to narrow the gender gap in financial services by partnering with Future Females in Finance (F3) to encourage women to consider rol...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...