A former Perth financial adviser has been sentenced after dishonestly obtaining over $35,000 from his clients’ superannuation. ...

Aviva Investors has appointed David Hedalen as head of real assets research....

Westpac has come under fire from shareholders over greenwashing with Market Forces describing the firm as a ‘laughing stock’....

An annual systemic risk barometer survey has outlined the most significant threats to the financial services ecosystem in the coming year....

The FPA and AFA have entered the second round of member consultation on the proposed merger. ...

Global fund managers are holding a net overweight to bonds for the first time since 2009, according to a monthly survey by Bank of America....

Matthew Lambert has been appointed Northern Trust’s new head of quantitative portfolio management, Asia Pacific....

A University of Southern Queensland study has attempted to measure the progress made towards achieving recognised professional status within the Australian financial plan...

A second individual related to Courtenay House has been charged with carrying on an unlicensed financial services business and receiving over $600k in commissions which w...

There has been the highest number of provisional advisers joining the industry since September with double-digit advisers joining following the results of the November ad...

ASIC has commenced its first civil penalty action against a distributor of financial products in the Federal Court for alleged breaches of the design and distribution obl...

Magellan has made changes to its board following shareholder approval to increase board remuneration by $1 million....

A Melbourne woman has been sentenced for her involvement in a crime syndicate which stole over $3.3 million from superannuation and share trading accounts....

ASIC has banned two responsible managers for 10 years and cancelled the AFS licence of National Advice Solutions for adopting a ‘layered advice’ approach....

The FPA has welcomed guidance from the Australian Taxation Office on the tax deductibility of financial advice fees....

M&A activity in the asset and wealth management space is expected to continue in 2023, according to EY, as firms see pressure on margins and profitability....

Big tech and certain small companies could be the first to rebound if markets gain confidence that the end of interest rate rises are in sight, Fidelity International sug...

The worst period of relative underperformance for small caps sets the scene for a reversal in 2023, writes Naheed Rahman....

There are several indicators the listed infrastructure sector still has a long runway for growth, according to a top executive. ...

Frontier analysis has found there are no longer any all-male global equity investment management teams compared to 19% in 2018 but 15% of Australian equity teams still ha...