Underwriters have one of the most difficult jobs in the industry – but how good are they really? Julie Bennett reports....
Trustees of self managed superannuation funds have been warned by the Australian Taxation Office that it intends progressively moving beyond education to enforcement....
New research from Melbourne-based Property Investment Research has shown a sustained structural shift towards unlisted property fund managers, which will lead to a furthe...
Capstone Financial Planning has succeeded in recruiting the financial planning arm of a well established Victorian accounting firm, a move that will see four PACT adviser...
Generation Xers - already feeling the strain from huge increases in housing and tertiary education costs, job insecurity and changes to welfare - can look forward to furt...
Zurich Financial Services Australia (ZFSA) has replaced a number of investment managers in the Zurich Blended Series following an extensive review of incumbent managers b...
Australian retail investors will have access to investment portfolios created by van Eyk Research through a new listed investment company - Granite Three Pillars - when s...
Tribeca Learning has signed up almost 900 advisers to its online continuing education service OnTrack, with two new institutional clients bringing numbers to 6,500 since ...
Westpac Banking Corporation today - a year to the day since announcing its acquisition of BT Financial Group - says synergies from the highly publicised purchase last yea...
Bridges Financial Services is gearing up for an assault on the Victorian and Queensland financial planning markets with plans to open up eight new offices – four in each ...
AMP Henderson Global Investors head of retail distribution Krystyna Weston has signalled her intention to leave the group and set up her own business after moving into a ...
Deutsche Asset Management will increase its focus on boutique financial planning dealer groups by broadening its product base and further positioning itself as a source o...
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?...