UBS Securities has been slapped with a $120,000 penalty by the regulator’s Markets Disciplinary Panel after it had reasonable grounds to believe that UBS contravened mark...

The Commonwealth Bank chief executive, Matt Comyn has agreed that mortgage brokers should be subject to the same sort of client best interests duty as financial planners....

A key Senate Committee has been told that the Government’s new Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention powers risk putting advisers in conflict with ...

Trail commissions have been dealt another blow, with the Productivity Commission recommending that they be banned in mortgage broking for all loans from the end of this y...

There is a noticeable dip in the number of trades during World Cup matches when the market’s national team is playing, Lonsec research shows. ...

Consumers are still voting for brokers over the banks as the provider for lending options, according to Mentor Education Group founder, Mark Sinclair. ...

More than 65 per cent of mortgage brokers are concerned about the reputation of their industry following the Royal Commission, according to a MyState Bank survey....

Retail online investor numbers climbed to a record high in 2017, with improving market sentiment seeing 645,000 Australian place at least one share in 2017, according to ...

Aon has bolstered its broking business with two key appointments — with one being an internal promotion while the other is an external recruitment....

More clients are going directly to stockbrokers for margin loans, while margin debt in the broker channel is almost on par with the financial planner channel....