FINANCE

Funds management

Beacon Financial Group will partner with fintech incubator, HUB24, to launch a customised and managed portfolio platform....

Funds management

AMP Capital has expanded its global infrastructure equity team with the appointment of Phillip Pacey as its principal. ...

Funds management

Real estate investment firm, Qualitas, has partnered with BMP Group to loan $33.5 million for a $300 million investment in a luxury Melbourne apartment development....

Financial planning

The Federal Court has ruled Storm Financial directors breached their duties under the Corporations Act and provided inappropriate advice to investors without accounting f...

Accounting

The perceived negative consequences of acquiring a financial services licence seem to be reducing following the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption, with a dealer gro...

Financial planning

Two in five Australian workers are in dire need of improving their financial wellbeing, according to the WSSA Financial Wellness Index....

Life/Risk

CFS has added Challenger’s aged care solution to its FirstChoice platform to meet the growing demand to help clients deal with the complexity and cost of going into aged ...

Superannuation

Senior consumers must have confidence in the financial services industry and its practices as they faced longevity risk, according to SEQUAL....

Funds management

While baby boomers reduce their vulnerability to capital losses with fewer equities, they are also missing out on recovery gains, according to CFSGAM....

Funds management

Allocation to global listed infrastructure remained low, despite it offering defensive growth, attractive yields and diversification qualities, according to a whitepaper....

Funds management

Companies were reporting lacklustre company earnings across the board, while 2017 was tipped to be a much brighter financial year, according to AUI....

Funds management

Hunter Hall announced its after tax profit has fallen by 40 per cent, but its portfolio outperformed against MSCI’s World Index. ...

Financial planning

Australians are thinking more about their financial futures but 63 per cent have no plans, according to the FPA....

Funds management

Hedge funds have recovered from the outflows which occurred during the global financial crisis, according to an adviser to hedge fund managers, Kim Ivey....

Life/Risk

Growth was the strongest in finance and insurance jobs, increasing by 9.9 per cent over the year, and contributing to overall employment growth in the labour force....

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