AIA Australia has named Damien Mu, General Manager, Life Insurance of AIA Australia, as its next chief executive officer. ...

Financial services firms concerned about compliance may be better off sharing a licence with other parts of the business, a specialist lawyer says. ...

ASIC grants relief to super fund’s advisory arm to reduce advisor exposure to personal liability....

Real estate agents, mortgage brokers, bank employees and SMSFs should all be subject to common regulation, according to Chan and Naylor’s David Hasib....

A $200 million class action could be brought against the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom on behalf of thousands of investors who claim they lost money due to “ba...

Australia and the United States have signed an agreement to reduce the burden on Australian financial institutions in adhering to the US’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance ...

ASIC has suspended the licence of failed debenture issuer and mortgage lender Provident Capital Limited....

Macquarie Bank's David Barrett takes a closer look at the cost complexities of setting up a SMSF....

Australasian Wealth Investments’ subsidiary invests $250,000 into online investment advice and managed funds supplier...

The FSC has applauded the Japan-Australia free trade agreement as offering big opportunities for export expansion in financial services....

Accountants are grossly miscalculating the cost of licensing their own SMSF advice business, with many expecting to pay around an eighth of the actual cost....

An enforceable undertaking is one of the major challenges that can confront a financial services business, writes Grant Holley, but it need not be a nightmare and can be ...

New research confirms superannuation has been the driver for financial services growth and that financial planners still suffer from negative perceptions....

Milana Pokrajac explores the pluses and minuses of vertically integrated dealer groups and the concept of a so-called ‘benign institution’....