Challenger has initiated discussions with "several leading platform providers" regarding the establishment of a platform-based unitised annuity investment option....
Statements of Advice should include a clear explanation of the leveraging impact of any gearing accompanying investments, according to a submission by AXA to the Parliame...
The financial services industry is faced with a considerable unknown regarding the future of the bank deposit guarantee, according to IFSA deputy chief John O'Shaughnessy...
Respected researcher Stephen van Eyk will no longer lead the company that bears his name....
Impairment charges have combined with a fall in funds under management and a decline in wealth management revenues to see the Commonwealth Bank report a 7 per cent decrea...
Orchard Funds Management will pay distributions on seven of its funds this month, but a number of its other funds remain suspended and facing financing difficulties....
Former Liberal party leader John Brogden to take on IFSA top job next month....
Former ING chief executive officer of investment management for Asia Pacific appointed to Bennelong compliance committee....
Recent adverse publicity surrounding managed investment schemes has resulted in some companies, including Kimberley Timber, withdrawing their offerings from the market....
Good REITs are being discounted to net tangible assets because of their debt structure, according to the chief executive of property manager Real Estate Capital Partners....
The MIS business model is more appropriately used as a short-term funding solution than a long-term proposition, according to the chief executive of Arafura Pearls....
Australian Bight Abalone will be producing a new PDS in July to take advantage of tax breaks being offered to small businesses by the Federal Government....
In the wash up of Timbercorp and Great Southern, Forest Properties expresses confidence that it can sell up to 15 per cent of its property portfolio....
Treasury group points to the attractiveness of listed investment companies....
While good returns help the survival of a boutique manager, a good capital base and back-office are the keys to long-term survival. These attributes were part of the crit...
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,...