In a solid endorsement of the financial planning profession, the Institute of Actuaries of Australia has expressed its opinion that consumers are best served by consultin...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has imposed a permanent ban from providing financial services on a former authorised representative of CGU Insurance....
In response to the growing practice of investing in emerging markets Standard & Poor’s has launched a new index encompassing shares traded on the markets of Brazil, Russi...
The latest Deloitte Global Security Survey has found the Asia Pacific region (APAC), excluding Japan, to be lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to measures...
Property funds management group First Capital has signalled its intentions to buy Sovereign Capital, a Gold Coast-based construction lending business, for a purchase pric...
Real Estate Capital Partners has relaunched the property securities fund formerly known as the Trafalgar Enhanced Income Fund, with a goal to grow the offering from its c...
Boutique Australian equities manager Hyperion Asset Management’s entry into the wholesale arena has been strengthened with the news it has been awarded a $230 million man...
The New Year will see David Smith become chief executive of Zurich Financial Services Australia following the announcement that Tom Brown will be retiring from the positi...
The Zurich Financial Services Group’s integration of the Genevoise Life Insurance business into its own at head office level is soon to be completed, with approval from t...
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...