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Financial planning

Westpac is aiming to sell financial services products to 30 per cent of its 5.6 mil-lion strong customer database....

Financial planning

NRMA Financial Services’ planners will be one of the key distributors of superan-nuation services aimed specifically at small to medium business groups (SMEs)....

Financial planning

The window of opportunity for financial advisers who wish to join the Financial Planners and Investment Advisers Association (FPIA) and retain their current status is abo...

Financial planning

Life insurance companies are going to have to work a lot harder in future if they want to win business from financial advisers....

Financial planning

The investment industry appears unfazed by the election of a centre/left Government in New Zealand and has adopted a ‘business more or less as usual’ approach to the resu...

Financial planning

National Mutual has indicated it will continue to expand rapidly in Asia, following its acquisition of a controlling interest in the Japan-based life company Nippon Danta...

Financial planning

From a rocky start six years ago, the Colonial Partners is paying dividends for its parent group. John Wilkinson traces the trailblazing path left by one of the first pla...

Financial planning

The mission by the financial services giants to dominate the financial planning industry is now complete....

Financial planning

IRD casts eyes over life companies The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is auditing several life companies as its review of the life insurance taxation regime steps up a g...

Financial planning

Financial planners can develop a very profitable business from selling corporate su-perannuation, but the key is using an outsourcing service like a master trust, says BT...

Financial planning

The financial institutions have emerged as the dominant players in the financial planning industry as they attempt to corner customers across the whole spectrum, from the...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Complaints Resolution Scheme (FSCRS) has gained the approval of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to oper-ate as an exter...

Policy & Regulation

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is auditing several life companies as its review of the life insurance taxation regime steps up a gear....

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services is to concentrate on organic growth to further develop its Australian business....

Financial planning

The superannuation choice of fund proposal has been on the Federal Government’s to do list since the Coalition came to power in 1996. And while the Government considers i...

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