The Australian banking system’s reliance on wholesale funding from offshore markets remains a key risk to its stability in 2011, according to a new report....

SMSF breaches are declining as the sector matures and as the taking of transition to retirement options rises....

A Melbourne-based mortgage broker has been sentenced to almost five years in jail and ordered to pay $1.2 million in compensation to investors for operating a Ponzi schem...

The Australian exchange traded fund market is set to grow from less than $4 billion in assets under management in December 2010 to more than $6 billion in 2011, according...

A number of women from the banking, finance and insurance sectors have been selected to participate in a mentoring and professional development program, co-hosted by Wome...

New research suggests investors are more inclined to reinvest dividends than cash them out....

There is concern about the amount of influence proxy advisers have over Australian financial institutions when voting in the meetings of the public companies they invest ...

Economic uncertainty takes momentum out of financial services employment market but demand remains for planners. ...

AMP appoints an integration director as the acquisition of AXA AP moves towards final phases....

Fitch Ratings reveals which insurers are exposed and by how much to the Queensland floods....

As the debate surrounding tertiary education for financial planners moves from whether it should be compulsory to what degree should count, Ashleigh McIntyre writes that ...

FINSIA on the hunt for a new chief executive following the departure of Fahy....

AMP Financial Services has boosted its group risk team, adding three new appointments – Victoria Simpson, Jenny Vaitsas and Chris Taylor....

A Melbourne-based derivatives dealer is being prosecuted by ASIC following an investigation into suspected misleading and deceptive conduct....