CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Editorial
Amid a good deal of fuss over how one insurance industry analyst referenced those making claims, Mike Taylor writes that the industry would be better looking at cause rat...
Financial planning
AFM launches online tool intended simplify managed fund application processes. ...
Financial planning
The FSC is pressing the Goverment to form a financial services export coordination body....
Financial planning
TFS rewards Countplus with a further planning network growth and the taking of strategic stakes in member practices....
Financial planning
Australian Unity planning chief executive points to adviser backlash against vertical integration....
Superannuation
Home buyers are being warned against dipping into the superannuation to fund the purchase of a house....
Financial planning
BOQ completes purchase of Investec’s Professional Finance business and launches BOQ Specialist. ...
Financial planning
Premium Wealth Management secures IOOF’s John Cruz to head up compliance....
Financial planning
New research suggests the regulatory demands confronting financial services companies are distracting them from technological innovation....
Financial planning
AFA members will have to abide by six new principles of professionalism, which are set to form a critical part of the AFA’s revised Code of Conduct....
Life/Risk
TAL chief executive, Jim Minto, wants a time-limit imposed on late claims amid concerns that insurers are assessing claims which occurred decades ago....
Policy & Regulation
Premium Wealth Management chief executive, Paul Harding-Davis believes FOFA has crimped opportunities for organic growth giving rise to moves such as the acquisition by A...
Superannuation
The FSC and industry funds are again at loggerheads over how default superannuation funds should be selected....
Financial planning
Premium Wealth Management has confirmed its shareholders are considering an approach from Australian Unity....
Funds management
Legg Mason Australian Equities will join UK active international equity specialist, Martin Currie, as part of a strategic move following an acquisition by the US global a...
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Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...