Many things have changed in the Australian life insurance industry since the Life Insurance Framework was put in place meaning that the Australian Securities and Investme...

The Profession of Independent Financial Advisers has created a decision tree to help advisers understand the complexities of variable income and avoid conflicts of intere...

Over the past 12 months gold has seen gains during a period of sluggish economic growth and will continue to grow, according to Datt Capital....

The investment clock has ‘ticked’ past property as an asset class, making it the time to invest in that sector, according to Wealth Within’s chief analyst....

Superannuation funds are carrying out double-checks around surprisingly high instances of different bank account numbers being used by members seeking early access to sup...

Fewer claims would need to be paid if insurers were to only pay medical bills of sick workers, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. ...

Breaches of the Future of Financial Advice rules will sit at the centre of class actions being formulated against the Commonwealth Bank, AMP and Westpac and a number of t...

New Zealand-based specialist investment firm Milford has announced the launch of its Diversified Income fund in Australia. ...

The regulatory body will restart licensing activity for banks, insurers, and super funds with the first phase to start in September, 2020, and the second in March, 2021....

Income manager, Wheelhouse Partners, has announced it has completed its transition to its new independent structure and announced new partners. ...

Queensland Investment Corporation chief risk officer David Clarke has been appointed to the same position at NAB’s wealth management arm....

Shadforth Financial Group has been awarded the international fiduciary certification by the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence. ...

The Australian exchange traded funds industry closed July at $67.2 billion, an all-time end of month high, according to BetaShares....

Despite over 50 global equities funds seeing positive returns in the first half of the year, global small/mid caps have not seen the same results....

Government agencies, including the Australian Federal Police, have been alerting the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to rorts around early release supera...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hired expert advisers to help solve the problems of making financial advice more accessible and affordable amid t...

Challenger has reported a $0.9 billion decline in annuity sales as a result of the restructure of the bank-aligned advice network, as the firm issues its full year result...

Ninety One, the new name for Investec Asset Management, is to launch a Global Strategy- China A Shares fund which will open up access to China’s domestic markets. ...

After strong rebound in Q2, the market has entered a new phase and investors will see greater differentiation in performance across the emerging market debt investment un...

South Korea has been identified as a winner in the COVID-19 pandemic with returns over the past year of three times as much as the wider emerging market index. ...