26 March 2009 | As generations X and Y become the majority of super asset holders, the financial services industry will have to change the way they operate and communicate with more technologically savvy asset holders.
3 March 2009 | Companies running websites and discussion forums that canvass financial products may need to be licensed.
3 April 2008 | Consultation paper on electronic disclosure released.
25 February 2008 | Online functionality top selling point.
19 September 2006 | Homebuyers are turning to the Internet for their main source of information on mortgage products, a new survey has found.
24 May 2001 | For almost every piece of the financial planning puzzle there is an Internet company in the US committed to finding the solution.
7 December 2000 | In the space of six months, a number of Australia’s paper millionaires have been reduced to paper paupers as a result of the collapse in Internet-driven technology stocks. John Wilkinson looks at the precedent for this calamity and argues that we have only reached the midpoint in an ongoing revolution.
Anyone seeking an analogy for where we are at in the technology revolution need only to look at the British railways of the 1800s.
7 December 2000 | In a round table discussion on how technology is shaping the financial services industry, MONEY MANAGEMENT asked a panel of industry commentators if the future of online financial services will converge with the offline world to become the new face of the industry.
7 December 2000 | Jillian Segal examines how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission regulates e-commerce, so consumers can participate with confidence in these new developments.
7 December 2000 | Fund managers have developed and grown their products and services beyond traditional boundaries and made moves into e-commerce well before the Internet according to Macquarie Bank executive director Bruce Terry.
9 November 2000 | As some of the gloss fades from dot.com stocks and the Internet, investors are increasingly turning to the potentially lucrative biotechnology market. But, as John Wilkinson reports, although the risks are high, so too can be the returns.
28 September 2000 | In 1992, the word “Internet” didn’t even rate a mention in most dictionaries. In 2000, over 25 per cent of Australians are online and the percentage is rapidly growing.
26 September 2000 | Nearly four out of five financial planners feel confident enough about using the Internet to perform online transactions for their clients, according to a Colonial First State Internet survey.
24 August 2000 | Lifespan Financial Planning has signed an agreement to use Sanford’s Virtual Broker internet service which provides a branded stockbroking service to clients.
17 August 2000 | Only one in 50 financial planners does not use the Internet for their business, according to a recent survey.
2 August 2000 | Only one in 50 financial planners does not use the Internet for their business, ac-cording to a recent survey.
25 July 2000 | Australia’s life insurance industry has failed to realise the full benefits of e-commerce and risks being swamped by its Internet savvy competitors.
20 July 2000 | The Internet and technology represent the biggest change in the managed investments industry, yet there is still hardly any real business being transacted via the medium.
17 July 2000 | Media/telco alliances with banks will pose the biggest threats to financial planners over the next 12 to 18 months, according to InvestorWeb managing director Otto Butula.
11 July 2000 | The Internet and technology represent the biggest change in the managed investments indus-try, yet there is still hardly any real business being transacted via the medium.
31 May 2000 | The new economy has brought with it new criteria for investor protection, a senior ASIC commissioner has told members of the FPA Melbourne chapter.
11 May 2000 | The recent flurry of activity among Australia’s online brokers mirrors the price war which hit the US online broking market about three years ago. Stuart Engel examines a recent research report on the US online financial services market looking for clues on what might happen to financial planners here.
12 April 2000 | The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has relaxed its policy on sending life insurance applications electronically.
12 April 2000 | The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has relaxed its policy on sending life insurance applications electronically.
6 April 2000 | AM Corporation is rolling out a national chat room service for advisers, according to the new national manager information services, Paul Medcraft.