Melbourne based fund manager OFM Investment Group has struck a deal with Credit Management Australia (CMA) to becomes it’s the first client for the latter’s risk manageme...
The Financial Industry Complaints Service has launched a new alternative conciliation system and appointed two full-time panel chairs in response to a jump in the number ...
Tower Australia has rolled out an online medical tracking tool for its risk advisers and has also struck a deal with Australian Income Protection to offer group insurance...
Craig Phillips talks to Colonial First State general manager distribution Richard Nunn about the changes to distribution strategy at CFS over the past year....
Perth-based health insurance firm HBF is formulating a strategy to offer other forms of financial services to its more than 900,000 members and customers through strategi...
The Australian and New Zealand governments have commissioned a new study to determine relevant issues of competition and consumer protection as part of their ongoing plan...
AMP today launched the first of what is expected to be a host of fund manager roll-outs of Term Allocated Pension products in the lead up to new retirement income streams...
Superannuation fund trustees need to make clear to members the reasons for their decisions in granting or disallowing benefits, according to the Superannuation Complaints...
Colonial First State and Asgard have emerged as top performers in terms of superannuation and retirement income inflows for the 12 months ending June, according to the la...
Superannuation contribution splitting legislation is set to be pushed through parliament next month, despite opposition from sectors of the financial services industry an...
Principal Global Investors (PGI) Australia has re-entered the Australian fixed income market following the expiry of a non-compete contract clause in its US-parent’s sale...
The Federal Government has reassured the industry that its shake up of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (FTRA), to be drafted this week, will not send the funds...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...