The Tax Office is looking to target promoters of tax-effective schemes and include them in penalties if it thinks there is a definite case of tax avoidance....

Assirt has slapped a hold notice on Paladin property trusts following the decision by Norwich and Paladin minority shareholders to offload the group to Deutsche Asset Man...

Lester Doecke has taken up the top life insurance job at Zurich Financial Services under a shake-up of the group....

AXA’s aggressive push to ramp up its distribution capabilities has been given further fuel with the signing of former AMP distribution chief Neil Swindells....

The New Zealand financial planning annual get-together in Wellington late last month unlocked a number of themes and issues pertinent to the industry on both sides of the...

Alan Cameron probably has the most unenviable job in the Australian financial services industry....

Most financial services groups have failed to cross-sell products to existing clients, according to Surfboard International managing director Don Hagans....

Countries catching up with the pace of America’s growth will continue to boost world growth, says Morgan Stanley Dean Witter chief economist Stephen Roach....

“Males make up about 70 per cent of our market, so females make up the other 30 per cent, but there may be a few dogs in there.” <I>E-trade’s Kerry Roxburgh mixes his met...

Rationalisation of the trustee industry has started, with IOOF selling its operation to TowerTrust for an undisclosed sum....

Deutsche Bank Private Banking has nabbed industry heavyweights Thomas Murphy and Peter Haggstrom for its recently restructured research and technical services group. ...