The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has temporarily returned to his role heading up the regulator but only after retaining the services o...

Gains in adviser numbers, counting year-to-date, are still lower than the losses at the licensee level, according to analysis from HFS Consulting....

Life insurance claims specialist, Col Fullagar says life insurers appear to be falling back into their bad old ways, including using the Government’s COVID-19 stimulus me...

Former BlackRock vice chair Blake Grossman has been appointed as a non-executive director of the exchange traded fund manager....

Samantha Woodham from Morningstar and Jeremy Weber from Lonsec have been appointed to the firm’s distribution team....

Neil Gellett has been appointed as head of managed accounts, while Brent Bevan has been appointed as head of investment consulting – managed accounts....

Global investment firm, KKR has announced it will close its KKR Asian Fund IV, a US$15 billion fund focused on investments in private equity transactions across the regio...

Retirement planning tools currently available might not reflect best practice when it comes to determining and allowing for life expectancy, according to Optimum Pensions...

The decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to hold rates at 0.1% is also a way to avoid unwelcome movement in the Australian dollar which would frustrate the task of l...

The financial advice technology firm has appointed MLC group executive advice, Geoff Rogers, to the role who will begin in June....

Superannuation funds have been warned to get their houses in order to deal with the new internal dispute resolution regime being overseen by the Australian Securities and...

Frivolous and vexatious consumers should be made to pay for their persistent use of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority against advisers, according to the Finan...

Link Group’s partnership with the fintech firm aims to help customers prepare for retirement through affordable financial advice and to help them through their Age Pensio...

In reaching his decision, Justice Lee rejected the submission from the bank that it had acted expeditiously to remedy the effort and found the bank’s delay was particular...

Implemented Portfolios Limited has made three new appointments in its distribution and portfolio management teams....

Tim Ryan will replace Jean Raby as chief executive of Natixis Investment Managers, commencing from 12 April....

Up to 12,000 financial planners in Australia are currently using or intend to use managed accounts, according to the joint report from State Street Global Advisors and In...

New research has confirmed that people who are receiving financial advice believe the benefits significantly outweigh the costs....

Licensees are responsible for notifying the corporate regulator that their advisers have completed the exam, however finding whether an adviser has passed isn’t easily ac...

Superannuation industry associations may be facing significant consolidation as the Government’s new legislation forces to superannuation funds to justify spending member...