FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

People & Products

Invesco has promoted John Ryan, formerly a member of its clients services team, to head up its retail sales, servicing intermediaries in Victoria and South Australia....

People & Products

Steve Helmich was today elected new chairman to the board of the Financial Planning Association of Australia following the decision by John Godfrey to stand down for pers...

Financial planning

ING has taken the next step in its Medium Term three year plan with a restructure of its Distribution Management Group, dividing and strengthening its focus across its th...

Financial planning

IF YOU as a financial services professional think consumers have some way to go in understanding the nature of investments and the provision of advice, get ready for a bu...

Financial planning

Ever wondered how your boss got their job? LACHLAN GILBERT gets on the job trail and talks to some headhunters and a few of the prize trophies....

Financial planning

While the honeymoon is over between financial planners and accountants, the issue of estate planning has forced the two back together, throwing in solicitors for good mea...

Financial planning

While SRIs have been an attractive option for many investors, the honeymoon may well be over. KATE KACHOR reports on what effect the current insurance crisis and the publ...

Financial planning

Mortgage fraud can significantly impact a client’s available funds, thanks to the fudging of a few figures enabling individuals to borrow more than they should. SIMON PUR...

Financial planning

Three months after the Financial Services Reform Act was passed, ASIC is still pushing its licensing message to the financial services industry to get organised and get c...

Financial planning

THE FEDERAL opposition has made a last minute bid to block parts of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) in an attempt to modify crucial new disclosure requirements f...

Financial planning

Tribeca Corporation has acquired Resnik Communications for $3.5 million, in a bid to continue its growing professional services operations....

Financial planning

AXA Asia Pacific chief finance officer Matthew Slatter has headed for greener pastures and landed the position of chief executive officer and managing director with Tabco...

Financial planning

Sealcorp chief executive Ian Knox has called for a comprehensive review of “soft dollar revenues” across the financial services industry....

Editorial

Listed financial services group Terrain Australia is predicting a loss of between $700,000 and $1,200,000 for the year ending June 30, 2002....

Financial planning

Some of Australia’s largest master trust providers are preparing to push the envelope of retail managed fund and share market investing with the addition of separately ma...

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