Only 14% of ‘top-quartile’ Australian active funds have managed to retain this rating over three years, according to S&P Dow Jones. ...

Easier methods to invest, including apps with low brokerage, have caused volatility in the markets from millennials new to investing, according to fund managers....

Financial advisers are facing a dilemma with annuities still a core retirement income option but, with a long period of low interest rates being predicted, they face some...

The Tax Practitioners Board has released for discussion a legislative instrument which will have the effect of giving BAS agents more ability to deal with client’s supera...

An unlicensed company sought to convince the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that there was commercial advantage in it being allowed to have advisers con...

ASIC has seen a 20% rise in the number of investment scam reports during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared the same timeframe last year....

Australia’s Big Four banks have been rated on their COVID-19 responses by consumer advocate Choice, with ANZ performing the worst. ...

April was a record-breaking month, with 37 placements raising a total of $13 billion, according to Zenith Investment Partners. ...

Warakirri Asset Management has announced it has entered a strategic partnership with Flinders Investment Partners which will see it acquire 50% of Flinders. ...

Fund manager Allan Gray is forecasting near-zero yields for the majority of ASX-listed companies in the future, although consumer staples may be able to buck this trend. ...

Franklin Templeton will cut management fees on six of its funds from 1 July, 2020, in order to ‘deliver better outcomes for investors’ at a challenging time in markets....

MLC customers are being charged 0.1% for non-NAB owned investments and 0.15% for ASX-listed investments, according to reports....

Advisers should brace their clients for an elongated U-shaped recovery which will require patience, diverse allocation and a long view, according to a panel of portfolio ...

Data provided to a Parliamentary committee has revealed how the loss of corporate superannuation mandates served to magnify the effects of market disruption and the Gover...

Mortgage brokers are going to have to abandon a one-size-fits-all approach with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission reinforcing that ‘know your client’ w...

FASEA has granted a once off three-month extension to meet the 40-hour CPD requirement....

The Tax Practitioners Board has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Financial Planning Association which will allow information shared between the two organisat...

Australian equity performance does not reflect the strong COVID-19 crisis response by the country, making a catch-up rally likely in the future, according to T. Rowe Pric...

A lack of exposure to the financials, including the big four banks, has helped the State Street Australian Equity fund to outperform its Australian equity peers....

As investors are warned that consumer staples are likely to be one of the few sectors expected to perform well in coming months, which stocks have bucked the market downt...