Macquarie Group has announced a 17 per cent increase in net profit of $851 million for the full-year ended 31 March....

BT Financial Group’s performance has helped drive a solid first-half performance for Westpac....

Countplus chairman Barry Lambert points to new strategy and possible listing as ultimately benefiting younger principals....

Financial services group WHK has forecast a 20 per cent decline in earnings amid continuing speculation over the status of a merger with SFG. ...

Countplus looks to offer member principals another publicly-listed vehicle....

Wilson HTM Investments has confirmed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today that an investigation is underway into allegations leveled against its managing dir...

Ratings house, Standard & Poor’s has been targeted for litigation in the wake of proposed Lehman settlement with Australian councils....

Improved investor sentiment fuelled by strong equity markets is resulting in a growing demand for bespoke structured products, according to George Lucas, managing directo...

There are more productive ways of gaining income from shares than relying purely on dividends and share price appreciation, writes Drew Corbett....

Equity research company Skaffold has surveyed 100 investors to find their preferences for equity markets performance for the next 12 months....

Trading in State Street Global Advisers' latest exchange-traded fund (ETF) product — the SPDR S&P World ex-Australia — began on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) t...

The last year has not been kind to the Australian margin lending market, with further declines in the number of active investors. But a potential rally in the equities ma...

Although the use of derivatives provides extra income, it comes at a price. Tom Whitelaw provides an overview of derivative equity income funds....

ASFA has provided more details on how one of its new committees would work....