ANZ and AFA announce finalists for the 2017 Rising Star of the Year award

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ANZ and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the six finalists for the 2017 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award. Now in its 13th year, the award... Read more continue reading

TAL and the AFA reveal Female Excellence in Advice Award finalists

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TAL, Australia’s leading life insurance specialist, and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the finalists for the Female Excellence in Advice (FEIA) Award. The finalists are in the... Read more continue reading

Dividend bonanza: $26 billion to be paid out

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Economic and Financial market perspectives Cash payouts: Since the start of the financial year companies have paid out around $4 billion in dividends to shareholders. But dividend payouts really start to... Read more continue reading

Macrovue announces two new executive hires from Macquarie and BT

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Macrovue, an investment service backed by AMP, continues to grow its executive team, announcing the appointment of Sriram Seshadri as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Maz Zaman as Head... Read more continue reading

FPA’s partnership with Banqer to boost financial literacy in schools

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has launched a partnership with Banqer, an online interactive learning tool designed to assist teaching financial literacy and help boost motivation in primary... Read more continue reading

Record expansion moves into 27th year

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National accounts Record expansion: The economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the June quarter after rising by 0.3 per cent in the March quarter. Annual economic growth held at... Read more continue reading

Fitzpatricks Group acquires Retirement Victoria

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The Fitzpatricks Group, backed with capital from Quadrant Private Equity and Yorkway Capital Partners, has announced the first of a number of growth opportunities with the acquisition of Retirement Victoria... Read more continue reading

Zenith assigns ‘Recommended’ rating to Lennox Australian Small Companies Fund

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Active boutique equities fund manager, Lennox Capital Partners has received a ‘Recommended’ rating for its recently launched flag-ship Australian Small Companies Fund from investment research provider Zenith Investment Partners. Lennox... Read more continue reading

SuperConcepts appoints Amanda Johnston-Pell to the board

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SuperConcepts has announced the appointment of Amanda Johnston-Pell to the board. The appointment represents another step forward for the SuperConcepts business and its commitment to providing SMSF customers with innovative,... Read more continue reading

Infocus acquires financial advice business Announcer

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Infocus is pleased to announce its acquisition of leading financial advice business Announcer. Announcer currently has offices in Sydney and Brisbane providing financial advice, mortgage broking and property advisory for... Read more continue reading