In circumstances where the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has struggled to meet its legislative mandate and garner the respect and confidence of the bro...

The industry superannuation fund owned organisation has acquired US energy company Buckeye Partners, with the aim to help the company lower emissions....

The industry super funds have completed their merger, combining Hostplus’ 1.2 million members and $45 billion funds under management with Club Super’s 22,000 members and ...

Unnecessarily complex investment menus could lead to smaller pools of investable assets, and too much choice for members, according to Rice Warner....

Despite the misgivings of some in the superannuation industry, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, ...

A Queensland financial adviser and managing director of the Investment Collective, David French, has claimed the Financial Planning Association needs to shoulder some bla...

Westpac’s net profit dropped 16% during FY16 thanks to customer remediation and a reduction in wealth and insurance income....

Research and ratings house, Morningstar has acquired adviser software firm, AdviserLogic....

Australia’s first domestic high yield bond index has been launched in partnership with fixed income specialist FIIG Securities and German index firm Solactive....

ESG integration in hedge funds could allow investors to profit but managers are yet to determine how to integrate these factors into their investment processes and algori...

The Australian Business Growth Fund will allow small to medium-sized enterprises improved access to financial capital....

Advisers need to make a considered decision when using MDAs and need an offering that allows them to be flexible for the different circumstances of their clients, Xplore ...

Funds with large Westpac exposures managed to avoid taking a hit to their performance despite a hard year for the bank and a low-growth environment over the past year....

The Westpac full-year result has starkly revealed the multi-million dollar reasons the big banking group chose to substantially exit wealth management, with BT Panorama a...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission says there is no evidence that accountants or tax financial advisers provide any better advice than ordinary financia...

Justin Untersteiner has been appointed by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority as chief operating officer....

After deteriorating in the last year, it was expected they would rebound next year as surprise economic factors are better taken into account....

Two self-managed superannuation fund auditors have been disqualified by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission following referrals from the Australian Taxat...

Structural change has lead investor relation functions to manage more responsibilities and larger teams leading to higher remuneration, according to AIRA....

The Tax Practitioner’s Board is offering grandfathered arrangements to cover tax financial advisers and others if it succeeds in convincing the Government to allow the re...