In the past 12 months Singapore’s financial services industry has begun to swell as Australian groups spread their wings into Asia. As Kate Kachor reports, Singapore is n...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is preparing to sign off on its own solution to provide professional indemnity (PI) insurance cover to its members....
Australian Unity is one of the few mutual groups still in the financial services market and, as John Wilkinson writes, its new managing director plans to make sure it sta...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will consider backing a proposal to set up a national scheme, possibly funded by an industry levy, to compensate investors for lo...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) could have its own in-house professional indemnity (PI) solution for members within a month, if the association approves a propos...
Royal & SunAlliance have restructured its operations ahead of its upcoming float with a number of New Zealand based executives set to leave the group while managing direc...
To be successful in this business, you have to work your database and think outside the square, says DEBBIE MAYO-SMITH....
For those of us who have spent some of our working lives in engineering or manufacturing, the importance of quality is self-evident....
What will happen to the world’s financial markets if there’s a war? CHARLES BEELAERTS investigates....
Risk insurance has long been a wallflower at the financial planning party. Hampered by the depressing reality that the client may not be around to spend the benefit, risk...
Nobody really thinks the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) is working, says TOM COLLINS, and for that reason it should be scrubbed....
When it comes to making lasting relationships with your clients, first impressions could be what makes or breaks your business. LUCIE BEAMAN reports....
AMP Financial Services (AMPFS) has announced a restructure that will split the group into two groups centred around the distribution and manufacturing arms....
The Royal & SunAlliance Group’s Australasian arm has been renamed Promina in preparation for its upcoming float....
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is moving against broad industry trends to add risk insurance and taxation services within financial planning businesses....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...