Financial planning firm Infocus Money Management has appointed a new chief operating officer to help transition the business to a fee-for-service model before the propose...
Fund manager BlackRock has finally appointed the new head of iShares Australia with Mark Oliver to take on the role....
Five more boutique dealer groups have added Hub 24 as their preferred platform provider, weeks after its acquisition by listed company Investorfirst....
West Australian-based investment and advisory firm Kingston Capital will transition around $200 million in assets to investment administration provider Powerwrap’s ...
The Federal Government has revealed its 16-member advisory panel for financial advice and professional standards....
Sceptics who claimed the industry would not embrace another wrap platform in the market have been proven wrong, according to Praemium Group chief executive officer Arthur...
Asia’s funds management industry strongly endorses the proposed development of an ‘Asia Funds Passport’, which would allow Australia to gain access to i...
Deutsche Bank has announced that Chum Darvall will step down as CEO for Australia and New Zealand from 1 March, 2011, to be replaced by executive chairman John Macfarlane...
DKN Financial Group has taken a 20 per cent stake in Melbourne-based Moneyplan Australia – the group’s eighth succession since it launched its Equity Partners...
The FPA will use its annual conference this month to outline a new direction as a professional association....
The head of the banking and financial services group at Macquarie Bank, Peter Maher, has been elected chairman of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at its annual gener...
The retirement incomes market has experienced a degree of innovation over the last 12 months, but as Angela Faherty discovers, more change is needed....
Life insurance provider, AIA Australia, bolstered its customer service team, opening 27 new permanent positions with a focus on this particular area....
Global provider of insurance brokerage and risk management services, Aon Corporation, announced it has completed its US$4.9 billion merger of Hewitt Associates with a sub...
Following on from his article earlier this year, Mark Thomas continues to support the active fund cause....
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,...