Hobart-based firm Main Street Financial Solutions has left IOOF-owned Lonsdale to join privately owned Fitzpatricks Private Wealth....

Centric Wealth will become the headline brand for Financial Index Wealth Accountants practices alongside Crowe Horwath as the group announces another acquisition and posi...

Griffith Business School joins the FPA to publish a financial planning academic journal, which will come out twice a year....

The Commonwealth Bank has upped the ante on its annuities strategy by moving to offer them via its platforms, FirstChoice and FirstWrap....

Australians seemed to follow a “she’ll be right mate” attitude with regard to their financial health, according to the AFA....

Banking consumer satisfaction levels have hit a 20-year high, with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia number one among the Big Four institutions....

Wilson Investment Group has sold its securities business to Wilson HTM, Craigs Investment Partners and Deutsche Bank after two years of flagging earnings....

Listed financial services group Spring FG will launch an online wealth management and advice service but has stated it will not be ‘robo-advice’....

Banned Queensland-based planning principal, Bradley Thomas Sherwin, will face 34 charges relating to fraud following an ASIC investigation....

Australian Unity has entered into an agreement to acquire Flinders Australia as a solution for their estate planning and trustee-type services....

The Government has sanctioned the industry’s life/risk position which entails a three-year transition to a hybrid model based on a 60 per cent upfront commission....

Australian Unity will move to either hybrid or level commissions on life/risk from 1 July....

Hood Sweeney appoints Chris Stewart as managing director following the departure of Matthew Rowe to the US....

GBST enters into alliance with British-based business technology provider BPO focused Xchanging....