Catriona Lowe has joined the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission as deputy chair, taking over from Delia Rickard....

HLB Mann Judd research has found IPOs raised just over $1 billion in 2022, compared to $12.3 billion in the previous year, with market uncertainty likely to dent activity...

Former APRA board member and MLC Superannuation and Investment chief executive, Geoff Summerhayes, has taken over as chair of Zurich Financial Services Australia. ...

Adviser Ratings has provided a closer look at some of the themes expected to dominate the advice industry this year....

A Gold Coast director who leased an automated foreign exchange trading robot has been banned from providing financial services for four years. ...

Michelle Lopez, head of Australian equities at abrdn, has departed the firm after 18 years....

Brisbane-based wealth practice, Patman Planning Group, has partnered with Activus Investment Advisors to launch its separately managed accounts on the HUB24 platform. ...

A State Street Global Advisors survey found Australian investors held a more positive outlook for the next 12 months compared to global peers....

As the financial advice industry awaits the Government’s response to the Quality of Advice Review, Ignition Advice is hoping for a proper reset of the rules around digita...

There were over 350 new entrants who came on board during 2022, according to Wealth Data, as the industry seeks to grow to counter the adviser exodus. ...

When entering paid employment, it’s not long before we are told that we’ll need to lodge a tax return but there are times when a person will be excepted. ...

The corporate regulator has taken action against hundreds of self-managed super fund auditors after they reportedly failed to meet compliance standards over several years...

The RBA has appointed a new head of domestic markets as Jonathan Kearns departs the bank....

Fixed income assets are set to benefit from a prolonged monetary policy tightening cycle, with stubbornly high inflation to quash market expectations of rate cuts later t...

The prudential regulator has appointed Clare Gibney as executive director for advice and policy, replacing Renee Roberts in a series of director changes....

CFS may be investing millions in adviser technology but the firm believes digital solutions will act as enabler rather than a replacement for in-person financial advice. ...

Phil Anderson, CEO of the Association of Financial Advisers, is hopeful the Government will embrace the ‘brave’ ideas put forward by Michelle Levy in the Quality of Advic...

Despite changes enforced by the Hayne Royal Commission, the current prescriptive model has detrimentally affected the quality of advice provided to consumers, according t...

The fund management firm has announced three new covered call funds, with the purpose of enhancing investors’ income potential....

Appearing before the Senate select committee, the Reserve Bank of Australia has held fast to its monetary policy tightening strategy despite conceding inflation has passe...