As the risk market becomes more competitive due to the consistently strong demand for insurance products, life companies have truly embraced adviser feedback. The Money M...

A customer-first philosophy during product development has contributed to AIA Australia’s win in the Business Overhead Product category of Money Management's 2011 Adviser...

Retention bonuses and open architecture are at the centre of CBA's bid to keep Count Financial planners on board....

The probability of launching a financial product and having it be unsuccessful is higher than it has been in the past, meaning providers need to shift their focus more to...

Westpac has reported a solid third quarter, assisted by the biggest increase in wealth cross-sell of the major banks....

As managed fund inflows struggle to return to pre-GFC levels, share trading and direct investments became increasingly popular with retail investors over the past couple ...

Inflows into the life insurance risk market have grown 10.4 per cent over the year to March 2011, reaching $9.5 billion....

Companies that are operating in growing markets, which have low levels of debt, pricing power and generate significant amounts of free cash and give most of that back to ...

A number of downgrades feature in Standard & Poor's Fund Services' review of four peer groups in its latest Australian equities large-cap peer group release....

The Federal Government may have made its intentions for the proposed MySuper regulations reasonably clear, but many industry participants are still unsure about the best ...

The continuation of the Government’s bank guarantee has seen a halving in the Australian cash trust business as markets generally struggle....

In what was a hotly contested category, the BT Super for Life campaign - Making Super Simple - has taken out this year's award for Best Advertising Campaign....

An issue that confuses advisers is widely different ratings for the same fund. The Five Oceans Wholesale World Fund is a case in point, with ratings from investment grade...

The Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) has released draft principles against which companies can report on and measure gender diversity....