The resolution to approve the scheme of arrangement under which HUB24 will acquire all shares in Class has been approved by Class shareholders....

Retirees should be able to sleep easy at night knowing their sharemarket-exposed capital is protected against market falls. Their confidence shouldn’t go up or down on th...

Charter Hall, alongside Dutch pension fund PGGM, has issued a non-binding, indicative proposal to acquire real estate investment manager Irongate Group....

While China’s regulatory reforms have shaken confidence among many investors, the compelling nature of some of China’s high-quality, innovative growth businesses should r...

Ignition Advice has highlighted the importance of digital advice adoption if the advice industry wants to address the advice gap and deliver on the Quality of Advice Revi...

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort needs to include managed investment schemes, funeral insurance policies and debt management firms for the Government to fulfil its ...

Centrepoint Alliance has thrown its weight behind introducing short and succinct Letters of Advice instead of lengthy Statement of Advice documents, as they would free up...

Advisers who have moved away from servicing retail clients could struggle and require further costs and education if a move goes ahead to reclassify wholesale investors, ...

ClearView Wealth has appointed former Cloe Reece as chief risk officer, who has worked in compliance at all of the Big Four banks. ...

In its first venture into exchange traded funds (ETFs), Australian Ethical has launched its high conviction fund ETF which invests in a managed portfolio of 20 to 35 ethi...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says as digitalisation of finance is accelerating, now is the time to review whether prudential architecture remains fit fo...

Federated Hermes has issued criticism of executive remuneration in Australia as part of its corporate governance strategy for 2022....

A growing number of retail investment facilitators (IFs) are failing to deliver for clients as they limit access to listed company operational information and further inv...

The financial planning subsidiary of Fiducian has finalised the acquisition of People’s Choice Credit Union’s financial planning business, bringing total funds under advi...

While financial advisers may understand the difference between general advice and personal advice, this is not always the case for consumers and can lead to a client comp...

With less regulation on the horizon, this could be the time for advisers to consider pro bono work as more consumers seek help for financial stress and would boost the pu...

Global markets are entering into a new regime in 2022, according to VanEck, as interest rate fears dominate and investors look for companies with an ability to protect th...

Equity Trustees has expanded its asset management team with the appointment of Dilan Ashton as responsible investing lead....

Real estate fund manager Quay Global Investors has launched a new currency hedged fund, the Quay Global Real Estate (Hedged) fund....

Despite a 20% decline in the Forager International Shares fund since its peak last year, Forager chief executive Steve Johnson believes there are small-cap bargains to be...