After a long drought, some showers of blessings have finally rained down on the savings industry. The shower was in the form of a press release on the taxation of collect...

The financial services industry breathed a collective sigh of relief following the the announcement by Treasurer Peter Costello that the government will take Ralph Review...

Amidst all the talk of mergers and acquisitions in the life insurance industry, it’s easy to lose sight of the strength and size of the industry in Australia. ...

Last year <I>Money Management</I> published a series of articles outlining the mess surrounding the income protection insurance market. Stuart Engel asked a number of key...

A new non-profit professional association set to launch this week reflects convergence between the life insurance and fund management sectors....

Speculation continues to mount over the future of HIH Insurance's recently inherited 48 per cent stake in FAI Life....

Melbourne-based adviser group Accent Investment Services is planning to add two more practices to operate under its brand this year and is also considering expanding inte...

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has axed plans to merge with the Financial Planning Association (FPA), citing irreconcilable differences in membership bases....

Colonial has long had a place in the sun as the dominant distributor of financial service products in Fiji. But Colonial’s recent strong growth in the Fijian insurance ma...

Australians are only slightly more likely to seek the services of a financial planner when looking for financial guidance than an accountant, family member or bank manage...