Zurich Financial Services Australia is launching new client-focused risk tools aimed at supporting advisers as part of its broader push into the Australian life risk mark...
Freya Purnell looks at the effect of different advice offerings on the bottom line....
The Top 50 Distributors is based on data collected for the Money Management Top 100 Dealer Group survey, which was published in June....
Inflows for the life insurance risk market have risen 11.1 per cent – from $3.7 billion to $4.1 billion – for the 12 months to March 2004, according to Plan for Life figu...
The Government seems to have secured a win with its superannuation co-contribution scheme, with a recent Investment and Financial Services Association poll revealing that...
Garrisons has rolled out a new asset allocation and risk profiling system to its planners, following the establishment of a partnership with FinaMetrica earlier this year...
Mercer Investment Consulting (Mercer IC) has added an intermediary expert to its retail team working with dealer group and master trust clients....
Perpetual Investments has taken out the top prize in the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year Award and has also been named as winner in the Australian equiti...
Superannuation industry figure Barbara Smith has on the eve of the Federal Budget urged Treasurer Peter Costello to remove some of the taxes on super funds because they a...
If there is one trend when it comes to investment products and vehicle, it seems that 2004 will see a shift away from traditional managed funds. FREYA PURNELL reports....


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...