Life insurers’ relationships with advisers must evolve beyond the current transactional model to an efficient partnership, TAL group chief executive, Brett Clark, believe...

Risk advisers told that when they switch to fees from commissions they need to demonstrate their value as an adviser....

The AFA, FPA and the FSC have all been invited to meet with Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer, to voice their concerns around the Life Insurance Framework....

NAB sells 80 per cent of Life business within MLC to Nippon Life after extracting superannuation and investments....

IOOF recruits News Corp executive as new CEO for Shadforth Financial Group....

New Zealand software start-up Suitebox has set its sights on the development of virtual financial advice with an overhaul of its existing online offerings....

Lonsec has appointed a new CEO to Lonsec Research, with Matt Olsen succeeding David Erdonmez....

On the back of its lack of institutional alignment and merger with PATRON, Infocus announced it has added 24 new adviser businesses within the past year....

The FPA has recorded an after tax surplus of $444,544 for the year ending 30 June, 2015....

BT Investment Management has been rewarded for a strategy of global expansion and weaker Australian dollar. ...

The ‘real’ salary increase for 2016 is predicted to be -0.3 per cent, the first negative wage growth since the GFC, according to Hay Group....

ANZ has reported a record profit result of $7.5 billion, with its Wealth division making a solid contribution....

Retirement plans of millions of Australians could be negatively impacted by proposed reforms of super fund governance, the ISA claims....

Charging clients passive fees was rampant in the financial advice industry, but there is a shift post-FOFA, Peter Kell said....

New analysis suggests Australian life insurers could face big remediation bills if ASIC were to emulate its UK regulatory counterpart in the life insurance arena....

ING DIRECT’s Executive Director Customer Delivery Lisa Claes reports....

Millennials are most at risk of a credit default within the next year, as they seek credit for big ticket items, according to a report....

Independent advice groups are stepping away from platforms, opting for managed discretionary accounts instead, MGP reports....

Macquarie Group reports half-year profit of $1.07 billion, up 58 per cent on the previous corresponding period. ...

ASIC has criticised the funeral insurance market, saying funeral insurance premiums continue to rise steeply for the over-50s, resulting in many people cancelling their p...