Norwich Union has confirmed its future distribution strategy will be adviser-driven with no plans to introduce direct selling, says managing director James MacKenzie....
Arab Bank Australia will look at providing financial services products when the customers demand them, says managing director Jack Beighton....
Corporate superannuation has long been the realm of the large whole-sale financial services groups to the exclusion of financial advis-ers, but that is about to change, r...
Financial planners should not fear e-commerce, but use the opportu-nity to concentrate on their core business of advising, according to BT executive vice president Terry ...
Investment performance is still the most important consideration for clients de-ciding which product to invest in, a funds management and consumers study has found....
The void at the top of HSBC Asset Management has finally been filled. John Wilkinson spoke with the two new executives about their plans to make the Australian operations...
Macquarie Technology Funds Management and Acer Capital Australia have launched a $30 million venture capital fund....
The float of Consolidated Financial Services (CFS) is scheduled for late September or early October now that an agreement has been reached between all the shareholders of...
Paladin will be launching a number of property securities and syndication prod-ucts under its new partnership with Norwich Union....
The US economy and markets will continue to show strong growth until interest rates are raised, probably next year, warns INVESCO group chief economist John Greenwood....


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...