The Australian Law Reform Commission has published its second interim report on changes to financial services legislation including a proposed legislative model. ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised rates for the sixth consecutive month....

MLC Asset Management has launched its first retail private equity fund, with the company already managing $4 billion in the asset on behalf of institutional investors....

The Council of Australian Life Insurers, the group of insurers who split off from the Financial Services Council to form its own organisation, has appointed a chief execu...

Advised Australians are more likely to feel financially secure and satisfied with their current level of wealth, according to FPA’s inaugural Value of Advice study....

The Quality of Advice Review proposals present an opportunity to stop advice becoming exclusively accessible by wealthy Australians, according to Colonial First State, as...

The Fund Executives Association has appointed a new chief executive as Joanne Davison departs after nine years....

How financial advisers should be monitored by superannuation trustees is among issues raised by a regulatory thematic review of outsourcing in super....

There is a divide between pre-retirees and retirees when it comes to the types of barriers stopping them from seeking advice, according to FPA research....

The acquisition of Pendal by Perpetual will bring client and staff attrition risk as it creates a $201 billion fund manager, according to research house IBISWorld, but th...

Next week’s class action against AMP may well be remembered as the final fight by aligned planners against structural shifts over which they are ultimately powerless....

The industry has reported one of its largest-ever weekly falls as the number of advisers falls below 16,000 for the first time....

First Sentier Investors has launched an Australian Small Companies Long Short Opportunities fund for wholesale and retail clients....

New member organisation, the Certified Independent Financial Advisers Association, has announced an arrangement to reduce professional indemnity costs for members....

GQG has become the latest fund manager to report a downturn in funds under management as the result of institutional client withdrawals....

The Quality of Advice Review could see banks re-enter the advice market if steps are taken to make advice easier to give....

High-quality growth stocks are expected to perform relatively strongly in the next phase of the economic cycle, writes Tim Richardson....

Principal Financial Group, which has over $500 billion in assets under management globally, has rebranded its investment arm to reflect its increasing focus on asset mana...

Pinnacle has announced the retirement of executive director Adrian Whittingham after 15 years, having been a key investor since the firm was in its early stages....

Mirae Asset Global Investments has appointed James McGrath as director, alternative investments to lead its venture capital activities....