INSURANCE

Financial planning

Advance Funds Management has struck a distribution deal with Citicorp Life Insurance to offer the latter’s Fixed Term Immediate Annuity to advisers within the St George n...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services Australia has introduced enhancements to its life risk products and beefed up its marketing team and offering in what it deems is a “major assau...

Financial planning

Snowball Group is set to launch a wrap offering to the market following it striking a deal with Asgard to badge the latter’s eWrap service....

Financial planning

Bodinnars Personal Financial Services is aiming to open up offices in each of the nation’s states by the end of the financial year and release a range of service packages...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is to take a practical approach to regulating the new licensing and disclosure regime under the Financial Serv...

Financial planning

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has outsourced the administration of its accreditation regimes to Tribeca Learning (previously Integratec)....

Financial planning

Queensland financial planning firms Gunther Doyle Griffin, Swan Financial Group and Brisbane-based Associated Planners have merged to create a new group, 4people....

Accounting

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has appealed to the Australian Tax Office (ATO), calling on it to stem the tide of unqualified tax advice being...

People & Products

Australian Financial Services (AFS), which has been without a full-time managing director since August, has appointed insurance group OAMPS Financial Management chief exe...

Financial planning

Total Financial Solutions Australia (TFS) has concluded the takeover of a least half of the advisers working under the Silvalake Financial Services Group banner in time t...

Financial planning

Financial services education provider Tribeca has completed its integration of six business units acquired over the past three years with the last of those groups today a...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is seeking to gauge public and industry opinion regarding ‘fit and proper’ prudential standards for life insurance e...

Financial planning

Boosted by an upturn in market conditions, Suncorp delivered a better than expected net profit today across its three main business areas – banking, general insurance and...

Editorial

Promina Group, formerly Royal & SunAlliance, has reported solid performance in its first year as a listed and rebranded entity with each of its three business units contr...

Life/Risk

Tower Australia has revised the commission structures, product definitions, features and ease of gaining coverage across its risk insurance products and yesterday unveile...

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