Incremental improvements to their OneCare life cover product has helped OnePath hold onto the first place in the term and total and permanent disablement (TPD) rider prod...
A customer-first philosophy during product development has contributed to AIA Australia’s win in the Business Overhead Product category of Money Management's 2011 Adviser...
The 2011 financial year brought many changes to the financial services industry, and many are yet to come. John Perri has provided a snapshot of the activity coming out o...
The life insurance industry has taken a hit in the last 12 months, with net profit after tax down 13.9 per cent compared to the previous year....
ISN chief executive David Whiteley has claimed all retail super fund balances should be transferred to MySuper products from 1 July 2015....
Bendigo Wealth has announced the appointment of three new senior members of its distribution team. ...
Financial planning group Omniwealth has appointed a new director, Matthew Kidd, as part of the firm's plan to drive business growth and diversification. ...
Richard Edwards outlines some of the technical issues financial planners need to consider when talking to their clients about possible responses to market declines....
Lonsec has again been named Money Management's Ratings House of the Year on the back of strong support from fund managers and dealer groups and despite a resurgent van Ey...
While a reflex action to terminal illness might be to claim superannuation immediately, Sarina Raffo examines a better strategy for dealing with a worst-case scenario. ...
The uncertainty created by FOFA was a factor in Count board's decision to recommend CBA bid....
SPAA gives qualified welcome to FOFA legislation but maintains pressure with respect to accountant advice....
A new APRA analysis points to the consolidation which has allowed the banks to dominate the life insurance market....
Woolworths Limited continues its push into the financial services sector with the launch of Woolworths Life Insurance....
The Government's proposed FOFA reforms have delivered a body blow to financial planner confidence with the majority expecting their businesses to be worse off as a result...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...