INSURANCE

Superannuation

We’ve been called the lucky country. For a while we aspired to be the smart country. Are we now at risk of becoming the country that never retires?...

Financial planning

A number of the large established life companies aren’t giving the start-up operations in New Zealand much hope of either survival or profitability....

Financial planning

Claims experience would indicate that some work is still needed by life insurance companies in managing that part of their business. Jason Spits examines what lessons may...

Financial planning

Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $US2.5 billion for the struggling funds management arm of Zurich Financial Services, Zurich Scudder Investments, in a global deal also exp...

Financial planning

Accounting and financial planning consolidator Investor Group has picked up another regional accountancy practice, this time entering an agreement to acquire a Tasmanian ...

Superannuation

Retiree clients of financial planners will be able to tap into the capital base of complying income streams when changes to legislation come into effect on Thursday....

Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services Joe Hockey paid tribute to the Australian and global financial services industry this morning at the launch of the Securities Institute’s ...

Financial planning

Shockwaves from the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York have reached the Australian financial markets, with the Australian All Ordinaries plunging more than fou...

Financial planning

The retail financial services industry has the opportunity to implement technology which will make it the envy of the financial services world. But, Tom Collins reckons t...

Financial planning

The Australian Securites and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a New South Wales securities representative and jailed a Queensland insurance broker, in its latest ...

People & Products

Former Mercantile Mutual managing director Rodney Atfield has joined the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) as an independent member of the Board....

Financial planning

Small dealer groups will be the fastest-growing sector of financial planning in the next five years, says industry commentator Tom Collins....

Financial planning

Tom Collins reckons the Financial Services Reform Bill currently before parliament will make life easier for unscrupulous operators and tougher for the honest opertors. H...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Assocication (FPA) has called on the Federal Government to enshrine the terms “financial planner” and “financial adviser” in the Financial Services...

Financial planning

Advance Funds Management and Colonial First State picked up the bulk of the funds management gongs at last night’s Personal Investor Awards at Sydney’s ANA Hotel....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 3 weeks ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

6 days 16 hours ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

1 week 4 days ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

2 weeks 2 days ago