For foreign fund managers looking to come to Australia, a financial services law firm has shared which regulatory option offers them the quickest pathway?...

WT Financial’s Keith Cullen is eager for its Hubco initiative to see advice firms under its licence trade at multiples which are catching up to those UK and US financial ...

Pinnacle’s London affiliate, Life Cycle Investment Partners, has secured over $15 billion in FUM in its first year and achieved profitability, the firm’s fastest affiliat...

Iress has successfully completed its business transformation to become a growth-focused business set to benefit from the expansion of advice to unadvised consumers in Aus...

Insignia Financial’s wrap platform, MLC Expand, has launched a new investment menu, delivering low-cost access to ETFs and term deposits for advisers and their clients....

A failure to implement a succession plan could negatively impact the sale price of an advice firm, with almost half of practices telling CFS that they would struggle to o...

Wealth management firm LGT Crestone has appointed Darragh Kennelly as a senior investment analyst to help the firm scale its alternatives platform....

Over 600 AFSLs – a third of the total number – are operating with just one adviser, according to Wealth Data, reflecting the rise of self-licensing....

Hot on the heels of its AMP advice acquisition last year, Entireti has acquired licensee solution provider IOOF Alliances from Insignia, enhancing its offering for self-l...

After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....

Investment manager Drummond Capital Partners is to launch a retail version of its private market separately managed account next month after witnessing "huge" uptake for ...

AMP-owned North has announced a senior manager appointment as the platform explores growth opportunities in its addressable adviser market....

The former director of United Global Capital has received a decision from the Administrative Review Tribunal regarding an appeal of his 10-year ban from providing financi...

As the firm enters a new growth phase, Orbis Investments managing director Jason Ciccolallo has said it is looking to strengthen relationships with retail advisers to ali...

A former Sydney investment manager has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading regarding a potential takeover of Platinum Asset Management, having acquired $2.6 m...

Financial advice has an important role to play in navigating family discussions around inheritance, according to CFS, with younger generations expecting a windfall of mor...

Australian ETFs saw flows of $5.8 billion in July, more than double the previous month, and adviser adoption is tipped to help total flows reach $50 billion by the end of...

Bravura chair Matthew Quinn is to step down later this year, following the exit of CEO Andrew Russell, while its future priority is digital advice in Australia. ...

ETF providers Betashares and BlackRock are reporting increased flows for currency hedged vehicles, but an adviser has warned on the potential tax implications of changing...

The shift in scale and consolidation has led to substantial growth in large privately owned licensees, which have tipped past 20 per cent of advisers for the first time t...