The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has urged any private equity (PE) deal for Insignia Financial should prioritise staff wellbeing paramount for its 4,000 employees, having spent 2024 negotiating an ...

A former Insignia Financial C-suite exec has taken on a leadership role at MUFG Retirement Solutions as it announces chief executive Dee McGrath will depart after six years. The firm announced on 6 ...

A Queensland financial adviser has been permanently banned by ASIC after being found guilty of misappropriating $1.8 million from his clients. Lachlan John King was convicted of stealing the funds ...

ETF provider VanEck has appointed three to its Sydney team, including a former M&A specialist. The appointments will bolster the firm’s investment and client coverage capabilities, it said. In the ...

SQM Research’s former head of research, Rob da Silva, has joined an investment consulting and analytics firm to drive the expansion of its research coverage. Da Silva spent nine years at SQM Research ...

The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has proposed a package to help financial advice practices support more Professional Year (PY) candidates. The industry body announced its pre-budget ...

AMP has launched a digital advice service to provide members of its AMP Super Fund with retirement advice. The digital Retirement Health Check, accessed through the My AMP portal, will provide members ...

In this episode of Relative Return Unplugged, hosts Maja Garaca Djurdjevic and Keith Ford, along with special guest Steve Kuper, discuss a whirlwind start to US President Donald Trump’s second term ...

Australian financial services firm Barrenjoey has opened a Hong Kong-based office after the acquisition of an Asian business, marking its second international office. The company confirmed the ...

T. Rowe Price has formed a strategic relationship with a US life insurance and annuity company which will see the asset manager manage its public and private assets. In association with T. Rowe’s ...

As the firm announces a raft of executive changes, funds under management (FUM) at Magellan rose slightly during January. During the month, it said FUM rose 1.2 per cent from $38.6 billion to $39.1 ...

Pinnacle Investment Management has reported a 151 per cent rise in net profit after tax (NPAT) in its half-year results, helped by overseas expansion and affiliate performance fees. In its results for ...