There are new rumours, this time out of London, that UK-based insurer Prudential is eyeing off AIG's Asian assets....
Young financial services executives have the opportunity to present their solutions to the challenges created by a changing industry via the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders ...
Financial planners and dealer groups should take advantage of uncertain economic times and show leadership, writes Todd Kardas....
Financial Services is fraught with conflicts of interest, says Robert Keavney. But the regulatory focus on these problems means that financial planning has a bright futur...
Dealer group Synchron has raised concerns about the provisions of an agreement associated with the transfer of two financial planners from Guardian Financial Planning....
Financial reform taking place both globally and in Australia is minor tinkering rather than change that will underpin safer financial markets....
IAG appears to have overcome its troubles to report a strong half-year profit and to confirm an upgrade in full-year expectations....
Suncorp has boosted its external adviser distribution channel, but the company pointed to pressure on policy lapse rates as one cause of a 23 per cent fall in net profit....
Business protection insurance will guard your client and his or her partners against the worst-case scenario, writes Jeffrey Scott....
Bryan Ashenden explains the significance of last year's changes to superannuation's concessional contributions cap....
Col Fullagar considers the matters surrounding insurance policy start dates, and explains what financial advisers need to know to ensure their clients are protected....
Financial planners need to establish self-managed super funds with reserves to create more flexibility, argues SMSF Strategies principal Grant Abbott....
AMP has used the release of a healthy profit announcement to restate its interest in AXA Asia Pacific....
SPAA's technical director, Peter Burgess, has questioned a draft ATO ruling issued late last year....
Coin Software has launched a new comprehensive SOA template to help financial advisers consolidate the data-gathering process and create greater efficiencies in the workp...
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,...