Australian Ethical Investment has welcomed an independent non-executive director to its board, who previously spent a decade as Colonial First State’s CEO. The ethical investment manager announced ...

ASIC is seeking to publish firm-level data on the reportable situations and internal dispute resolution (IDR) regime, in hopes that advice licensees will “lift their game”. The corporate regulator has ...

One of Australia’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) products, the iShares S&P 500 ETF (IVV), lost over $300 million in outflows during March. The iShares S&P 500 ETF seeks to provide investors with ...

The Federal Court has appointed liquidators to wind up Falcon Capital and the First Guardian Master Fund, following an ASIC application. Falcon Capital is set to be wound up after the Federal Court ...

Despite industry criticisms, Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones believes the Labor government has moved the financial advice reform dial forward “significantly” during his term. Speaking at ...

More than three-quarters of financial services directors expect to see an increase in regulatory compliance requirements, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In the ...

The positive results of the latest financial adviser exam has helped the advice profession reach 15,600 yet again, according to Wealth Data analysis. Some 21 new entrants joined the industry over the ...

Otivo is officially launching into the financial advice sector, offering up its services to practices as a means of engaging with the next generation of clients. After primarily working with ...

The failure of a clinical trial by biotech firm Opthea has caused shares in its backer Regal Partners to decline 52 per cent year-to-date, while funds under management (FUM) declined in the last ...

ASIC issued infringement notices to three AFSLs in February whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered. Australian Advice Network Pty Ltd, IA Advice Pty ...

Global asset manager Janus Henderson has signed a strategic partnership with life insurer Guardian Life, which will commit up to US$400 million to accelerate the firm’s fixed income development plans.

Fitzpatricks Group has appointed a head of product, who previously spent 20 years at Colonial First State (CFS), to bolster its range of investment options. Andrew Chapple has taken up the newly ...