Three of Australia’s four major banks have won places in a global list of the top 100 most valuable global brands of 2013....

The mortgage broker proposition remains strong in the Australian market, particularly among first home buyers and investors aged in their twenties and thirties, according...

The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed the strong start it has made to 2013, with a March quarter trading update revealing a statutory net profit of $1.9 billion and wealth ...

With shrinking planner interest and very few product suppliers left in the market, the reverse mortgage sector is screaming for attention, Andrew Tsanadis writes. ...

Westpac’s half-year results give a glimpse of what its planner growth strategy has cost....

SMSF administrator SuperGuardian has launched a second SMSF offering designed to capture the exponential growth in the self-directed investor space....

Whittaker Macnaught advisers will have to open a practice under Financial Wisdom if they wish to retain their clients after CBA closes the advice business on 30 June....

Count adds new firms to its network while delivering on platform fee reductions, a shorter SOA and new fee disclosure arrangements....

With yields at record lows and negative returns on bonds being an absolute certainty, is there really a point to investing in fixed interest? Aman Ramrakha from CBA Wealt...

Mike Taylor explains the writing was on the wall long before the announcement of a number of practices leaving the AFS Group....

New Competition Index confirms degree to which the big four banks have increased their mortgage market share....

Equity Trustees is planning to grow its internal and external distribution base and has recruited a new national manager of advice and personal services....

Industry commentators claim low-cost dealer groups could be an accident waiting to happen....

While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...