The life insurer’s board has assessed that it will “not be appropriate” to repay JobKeeper funds after its 2020 calendar year net profit declined $4.6 million from the pr...

The ‘big end of town’ which caused the regulatory burden should be forced to pay their share of levy costs, according to The Advisers Association, even if they have left ...

While the authority argues the high pass rate shows it is an achievable exam for “competent” advisers and has been a boost for consumer confidence in the industry, data s...

John Shuttleworth has been appointed to lead Centrepoint Alliance in its next phase of growth as it focuses on expanding its offering and digitising key services....

Nathalie Wallace has been appointed from a Natixis affiliate and will be responsible for growth in all aspects of sustainable investment....

ANZ has appointed former Colonial First State Global Asset Management executive, Christine O’Reilly, as a non-executive director, bringing the firm’s female board represe...

Chris Durack will leave the firm at the end of October after a decade and Susan Soh will be the sole head of Schroders’ APAC business....

Jo-Anne Bloch has been appointed as independent non-executive director of Colonial First State Investments Limited and Avanteos Investments Limited....

The opposition has backed the recommended two-year review of the bill as it can’t be “set and forget” and the Government’s management of standards reform has been a “trai...

Giving once-off advice is still costly for advisers to provide and will not solve the pricing issue which has come out of the rising cost of advice....

If there was an Olympics Games for failure, the implementation of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority would be a finalist, according to a Labor MP....

A review from the corporate regulator of the six largest financial services institutions shows they have collectively paid or offered $1.86 billion in compensation for fe...

Having learned from the mistakes made by their developed market counterparts, emerging markets have an advantage when it comes to environmental, social and governance fac...

Lockdowns will curtail economic and leasing activity in the office market over the short-term and continue to represent a key risk until vaccination levels are high enoug...

A Queensland-based financial planning firm is aiming to boost the industry’s longevity with a number of initiatives aimed at attracting younger entrants....

Banks have paid more than $7 billion to customers in remediation since the Royal Commission but this ending will leave them with more available cash to distribute to shar...

The registration of regulations to support the Your Future, Your Super reforms has been completed, while Portfolio Holdings Disclosure regulations will be finalised in th...

Australian assets flowing into global equity strategies reached $1.6 trillion in the first half of the year as funds in this sector return more than 20% year to date....

The move to include administration fees into the government’s Your Future, Your Super performance test will enhance member returns, according to an association....

There is an estimated $100 billion in cash sitting on company balance sheets following the pandemic with the expectation for increased buybacks and acquisitions, say comm...