The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is seeking direction from Government, and in turn the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, on guarantees to prote...

With all the changes the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) has brought, what do you need in terms of education to become a financial planner? Julie Bennett reports....

Lonsdale Financial Group is aligning itself with general life insurance brokers in setting up a number of financial planning practices, which through a process of referra...

Life insurance houses have not damned the industry researchers but then again, as Jason Spits reports, they are not entirely pleased with what is available....

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released two model Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) to assist product issuers in developing disclosure doc...

Tower Australia has announced the closure of its annuity portfolio to new monies with the aim of sharpening its focus on core business, and has also appointed AMP Henders...

The life insurance industry has recorded falls in single premium sales of 12 per cent for the 12 months to the end of June, according to research released by Dexx&r....

The Joint Parliamentary Committee inquiry into commissions on risk products has veered away from recommending mandatory disclosure rules for risk advisers, warning that t...

AMP has had the 10 Australian Financial Services Licences it applied for last month to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) granted by the peak regu...

The Australian insurance industry must focus on product manufacture and marketing as too many people are both uninsured and under-insured, according to AXA’s financial pr...

The Financial Services Complaints Tribunal (FICS) is continuing to streamline its complaint processes towards more conciliation orientated outcomes, six months into the i...

Disadvantaged investors are not bound by yesterday’s undertaking to industry regulators by the National Australia Bank to pay $67.2 million in compensation following prod...

Macquarie Funds Management has made an internal appointment to fill the gap left by former international division head, Ben Bruck, who became head of the group following ...

Some financial planners are moving into risk insurance, an area historically occupied by life agents. Craig Phillips looks at some of the drawbacks of such a move....