The changing face of superannuation has opened new markets for planners to service. While small scale super has been an easy target, Chris Kelaher examines how planners c...

Three developments in recent weeks point to an elevation of the financial planning industry onto the national political stage....

Caroline Saunders has moved into the newly created position of investments and insurance director at Sealcorp....

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings and Alliance Capital Management have signed an agreement to merge investment operations in Australia and New Zealand....

Phillip Matthews has been named as the first permanent chief executive the Financial Planning and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA)....

The Colonial brand is set to disappear from the New Zealand financial services landscape....

Greg Kirk has taken over the helm at AMP Financial planning, following the promotion of incumbent Steve Helmich in August....

Tower Life has launched what it considers the first life insurance product to be available online....

Prominent financial services industry figure Kate Mulligan has taken on the role of director of marketing with Sealcorp....

New Zealand’s funds management industry says overseas-based fund managers may snare most of the business for the Government’s proposed superannuation fund....

Educated investors are no longer willing to put up with financial plans which don't meet their needs but advisers have ways to protect themselves as <B>John Wilkinson</B>...

While the Rolling Stones sang 'You can't always get what you want', that hasn't stopped planners seeking the ideal product. <B>JULIA NEWBOULD</B> examines what advisers a...

It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting beneath the financial planning industry. Tax legislation aimed at snaring IT and construction contractors has unintentionally caught...

One of Australia’s most established financial planning networks, Deutsche Bank Financial Plan-ning, is up for sale alongside Deutsche Funds Management (DFM)....