The good will built up by insurers can be too easily squandered by poor practices, a conference has been told....

The lower premiums that go with group insurance do not always represent a better deal at claim time, according to Col Fullagar....

The Financial Services Council has defended the importance of the life insurance industry and pointed to a code of practice being in place in July....

New research confirms financial advice is often the missing ingredient in achieving retirement incomes adequacy....

The Australian Taxation Office has signalled it will be seeking planners' help in steering clients away from aggressive tax planning schemes. ...

ClearView declares end of “build” phase as it looks to extract advantages from post-LIF environment....

Retail fund administrators need to emulate the example of industry funds in protecting members against non-payment of the super guarantee, says a former planner....

The Government has introduced legislation to underpin the Life Insurance Framework with the promise of further industry consultation around the resultant regulations....

ASIC has revealed how far it went to help planning firms overcome the surprise overturning of the Government’s FOFA regulations....

The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has denied reports the Government intends abandoning its timetable for lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent....

Securities transaction and fund administration software provider, GBST, has entered an end-to-end managed services agreement with financial advisory firm, Baillieu Holst....

netwealth has been named the number one platform for functionality in a platform market increasingly seeking to compete to meet advisers’ needs....

Paul Barrett’s Italian-backed AZ NGA has further grown its presence with the acquisition of Melbourne-based former RI firm, Empowered Financial Planners....

Baby boomer accountancy practice owners are facing tough market conditions as many generation X and Y accountants eschew business ownership....