Mercantile Mutual has signed a deal with ProQuest to use ProQuest’s personal financial risk profiling system on the MercAdviser Web site....
The proposed takeover of Colonial by the Commonwealth Bank will cost $447 million and lead to cost savings of up to $300 million per year, according to the scheme of arra...
Long serving St George executive Jack Regan is to take on the top job at Hill-ross Financial Services....
Australia's master trusts and wrap accounts are about to undergo a massive shake-up which will leave only five left standing....
Commissions paid on life insurance products will inevitably move to level com-missions, according to a visiting financial planning expert....
Rothschild Australia Asset Management’s listed investment company The Five Ar-rows Australia Fund Ltd (FAAFL) is set to be wound up as Ralph related tax changes have made...
Self-funded retirees are emerging as one of the real victims of the imminent in-troduction of the GST....
The retiree market remains one of the truly lucrative avenues for financial planners to direct their businesses....
Self-funded retirees are emerging as one of the real victims of the imminent introduc-tion of the GST....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has relaxed its policy on sending life insurance applications electronically....


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...