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Life insurance companies are about to embark on a major industry-wide outsourcing campaign, according to a recent research report....
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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....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...