AXA Asia Pacific building a 'new generation platform'; commits to ceasing commissions on licensee APLs by July 1, 2010....
Former Deloitte and NAB executive Kay Thawley has been appointed to head up Industry Fund Services....
The big universities-based fund UniSuper has opted for an in-house approach to financial planning based on fee-for-service and salaried planners....
AIG’s Australian general insurance business has rebranded under the name Chartis as it seeks to distance itself from the lingering reputational issues attached to its par...
Dealer groups must adopt programs that encourage practices to employ junior financial planners, according to e-Jobs Recruitment Specialists director Trevor Punnett. ...
US insurer AIG has reached an agreement with four parties to settle their legal disputes....
Fraud affects all super funds, not just SMSFs: Sharyn Long....
Financial Planning Association (FPA) executive Gerard Fitzpatrick is leaving the industry organisation to take up a role with the Australian Securities and Investments Co...
Tower Australia Limited's year-end results reveal a solid performance, but not enough to avoid a profit hit....
Financial planners and superannuation fund members may soon be able to compare funds based on a simple scale determined by their relative exposure to risk....
ASFA and AIST backs report to remove the $450 monthly minimum threshold for superannuation guarantee payments, which they say mainly affects the super balances of women....
MLC chief executive Steve Tucker says the industry must abandon product payments if the industry is to regain public trust....
Zurich’s Matthew Drennan promoted to leadership team to beef up funds management....
The Parliamentary Joint Committee that has investigated aspects of the financial services industry over the past nine months has made 11 wide-ranging reform recommendatio...
AUSTRAC accepts its third enforceable undertaking on AML/CTF laws, this time from PayPal....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....