The Count Financial group will push into a range of new businesses, including a burgeoning commercial loan operation, after reporting a 17 per cent jump in its full year ...

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its insurer financial strength and counterpart credit ratings on Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) Lenders Mortgage Insurance at...

NRMA parent Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has pumped $12 million into its financial services division during the 2001-02 financial year but has experienced a net loss o...

Despite their low profile, insurance bonds can offer some real benefits, according to JENNIFER BROOKHOUSE, with investment and tax advantages....

Yes, 2001 was a rough year for investors but handled right, NICK BRUINING reckons most planners should do well when clients come in for their reviews, just don’t mention ...

Australia is playing a leading role among 16 other countries associated with the International Organization for Standards (ISO) in developing an international standard fr...

XPLAN Technology has launched a full suite of financial planning tools based entirely on the Internet, making it the second group to do so after IWL placed part of its ma...

THE number of complaints lodged against planners has risen dramatically over the last year, with inappropriate advice the most common complaint....

An insurance group that has agreed to establish a facility to provide professional indemnity insurance for members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will tur...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) wants to see legislation for a national professional standards act put in place to solve the current professional indemnity (PI) ...

Count Financial has recorded an after-tax profit of $4.72 million for the end of the 2002 financial year, which is an increase of 17 per cent above their profits for the ...

Employment opportunities within the Australian financial services sector are continuing to hold strong amid the current global economic climate, figures from the latest T...

A Tasmanian-based insurance agent and financial adviser has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to 28 charges of fraud relating to more than $1.7 million in cl...

The AM Securitised Traded Policies Trust No 1 has been downgraded by ratings house Standard and Poor’s (S&P), following the recent lowering of AMP Life’s counterparty cre...