LIFE INSURANCE

People & Products

Bridges Financial Services is up for sale. Chief executive officer Colin Scully who stepped down from his role with Bridges on June 30 says that he made the sell recomm...

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual will become one of the top three players in the Australian funds management industry if plans by the ING Group to buy Bridges Financial Services go ahea...

Financial planning

News that BHP offshoot OneSteel is to outsource its superannuation has sent rip-ples of excitement through the financial services industry....

Financial planning

Back in the early 1960s an enterprising student at Melbourne University struck a deal with some of his fellow students. Four years later, that student had his own accoun...

Financial planning

New Zealand’s rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer and the gap between the two is increasing at a rate faster than anywhere else in the world...

Financial planning

Ipac has developed a business model to help its planners and strategic partners service the wealth accumulator market....

Financial planning

With the end of the financial year fast approaching it is worth looking at some the hot issues that the IFSA membership is grappling with and which will become priorities...

Financial planning

A recent report by Rice Kachor predicts that Australia’s financial services industry will swing convincingly to the retail side of the industry by 2010. Stuart Engel look...

Financial planning

Then there were three. In a similar situation as last year, with the acquisition of KPMG Financial services by St George, the financial services industry now sees an-othe...

Financial planning

One of Australia's best known businesses also offers financial services and has a market brand and exposure unrivalled in the industry. Jason Spits looks at how the NRMA ...

Financial planning

On just about any criteria, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has been a very successful trade and professional association. In little over ten years, it has put f...

Financial planning

June has traditionally been the month when most small to medium sized enterprise (SME) clients have made super contributions to boost retirement savings and re-duce immed...

Financial planning

Case study Let's consider a potential client, Marlene aged 58, who's looking for your guid-ance in establishing a retirement income....

Financial planning

The Government’s tax reform agenda continues to make all of our lives difficult. Take the new capital gains tax (CGT) rules for example....

Financial planning

A clear majority of money in Australia’s financial services markets will come from retail distribution channels by 2010, according to a report by Rice Kachor Re-search....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

3 weeks ago

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

1 month ago

Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

5 days 19 hours ago

Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

1 day 10 hours ago

A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

4 weeks 1 day ago