Steven Munchenberg has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA), starting from March 8....
SMSF trustees are an unpredictable bunch, writes Tim Hewson. He sifts through recent research that assessed the attitudes of these independent investors....
While there will be plenty of discussion around policy issues this year, the realities of the political cycle mean it will be well into 2011 before financial planners can...
Last year will undoubtedly go down as one of the more remarkable years for equity markets in recent memory. With volatility now more subdued and shares trading somewhere ...
DKN Financial Group has made a minority investment in regional financial companies BMG Partners and BMG Financial Planning....
US President Barack Obama has continued his campaign to rein in the activities of his country’s financial institutions, and is now looking to limit financial sector conso...
Macquarie Global Investments has launched another capital protected product in response to demand from advisers....
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings' (AXA APH's) 2009 profit is likely to exceed current forecasts, with profit after tax and non-recurring items at about $675 million, according t...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has warned that countries risk a "double dip" recession should government stimulus measures be ...
Demand for free and independent information on redundancy has risen over the past three months, according to the National Information Centre on Retirement Investments....
The country’s top four banks, ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB and Westpac, are emerging from the global financial crisis in relatively good shape but challenges remain ahead, acco...
Australia’s major superannuation administrators are arguing that there is little margin in super administration, and that the failure of CitiStreet is proof of this....
A weaker global banking system is forcing businesses to seek credit elsewhere, which is creating opportunities for private credit internationally and in Australia, accord...
The financial services sector is expected to benefit from a surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2010, according to M&A law firm Freehills....
ASIC review reveals degree to which companies are pushing accounting standards....
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...