The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing it can exercise its product intervention powers even if there has been no breach of the law....

BlackRock expects that global bond exchange traded fund assets will reach US$2 trillion by 2024....

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has released an online tool to give advisers feedback on their required education pathway. ...

Freedom Insurance Group has confirmed that the authorisation of all Spectrum Advice authorised representatives will be terminated on 30 June, with most having been transi...

Deakin University has launched a new online interactive tool aimed at helping financial advisers determine the education pathway required to help them meet the new indust...

Taking a templated approach to financial advice has seen a financial adviser banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investments Commiss...

Ord Minnett is now 100 per cent owned by private interests led by its executive chairman, Karl Morris, following a decision by J.P. Morgan to join IOOF in selling its hol...

Outsider is conscious of Australia’s recent revolving door approach to Prime Ministerships but perhaps not as conscious as an erstwhile colleague and life company corpora...

There was Outsider thinking that Royal Commissions and other factors had brought down the curtain on significant offshore conferences in the financial planning industry, ...

As a student of history, Outsider knows that the 1920s and 1930s bred a particular type of national leader – the fascist - and he notes global media coverage suggesting t...

Nikko Asset Management has announced the promotion of Rob Bluzmanis from head of wholesale sales to head of distribution for Australia, with immediate effect....

While equity market valuations remain more attractive than debt, investors in both investment classes may need to adjust their holdings in light of the risk the market cu...

Pendal has announced the appointment of machine learning quantitative analyst, Itay Feldman, who will help integrate machine learning into bonds, income and defensive str...

The addition of Kuwait to the MSCI Emerging Markets index should encourage investors to consider emerging markets through a Middle East and North Africa perspective, says...

Technology stocks are likely to be most vulnerable from a US/China trade war, say Principal Global Investors, describing the battles as a ‘technology cold war’. ...

UK-based global infrastructure and private equity investment manager, Foresight Group, has announced the appointment of Kim Nguyen as the company’s new head of Australian...

VanEck has announced it has launched on the Australian Securities Exchange its Vectors MSCI Australian Sustainable Equity exchange traded fund....

Experts surveyed by Finder have said they believe the Reserve Bank will cut the cash rate on Tuesday....

FASEA has approved the Kaplan version of two AFA Professional Designations — the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner and Chartered Life Practitioner....

Christian Super has become Switzerland-based responsAbility Investments AG’s first international shareholder, acquiring a significant minority share in the impact investi...