Proposed changes to the way life insurance companies are taxed will result in higher levels of complexity for the industry and increased costs to policy holders. ...
Direct distribution in shares and managed funds over the Internet is heating up with the entry of a new discount broking player and the aggressive marketing of a new mana...
The Federal Government is beginning to show the signs of frustration that the financial services industry is feeling at the slow pace of legislation aimed at reforming th...
This edition of Money Management is dominated by the evolving business of portfolio administration services. ...
After a long drought, some showers of blessings have finally rained down on the savings industry. The shower was in the form of a press release on the taxation of collect...
Australia's biggest companies have had their day on the stock market and investors should be looking to smaller companies for stronger growth....
The hard and soft of the paperless office, who it suits and how to convert, and future electronic goodies – vision, ricochet and digital originals are what US financial p...
Human resources managers are under growing pressure to identify and recruit what are known as gold collar workers. Gold collar workers are those with the skills and talen...
An independent report by KPMG has endorsed the merger of StateGuard and Lifeplan friendly societies....
Industry consultant Paul Resnik has lambasted wrap service manufacturers for failing to listen to ultimate needs of the client....
The future of Jardine Fleming’s retail funds will be decided in the next few weeks, with the business probably moving to associate broking firm Ord Minnett....
After a week of Wrap conferences, perhaps the simplest explanation of why Wrap matters was expressed by an adviser - “What I like about your business is that it is about ...
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?...