Richard Borysiewicz has been rewarded for a successful seven months heading distribution for Skandia by being granted a place on the group’s board....
Switzerland-based insurance giant Zurich Financial Services has reported a 29 per cent increase in net income for 2004 despite the impact of “extraordinary catastrophes” ...
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has moved swiftly to address service level concerns of dealer groups using its newly acquired Symetry platform as the bank attempts to ...
The Howard government has been urged to make further cuts to the tax rate for superannuation, as well as confirm funding to deliver on its election promises to the financ...
Stock research firm Fat Prophets is aiming to launch a boutique listed investment company in a move that will push the group into the realm of buying and selling shares f...
IWL is set to acquire the underlying broking assets of Rivkin Financial Services-owned Avcol Stockbroking in a deal worth $10.2 million....
Goldman Sachs JBWere is offering eight more senior staff the option of taking an equity stake in its Australian business....
Australian Wealth Management began life positively today with early trading on the Australian Stock Exchange seeing its share price jump 16 per cent before levelling out...
ANZ chief executive John McFarlane has played down speculation he will expand the bank’s wealth management business through acquisitions in the near future, while announc...
Perth-based dealer firm Western Pacific Financial Group will become almost exclusively owned by its collective of financial advisers after divesting two group holdings to...
The branch based financial planning network of the St George Bank has a new chief, following the promotion today of David Gall....
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, boosted by an outperforming funds management division and solid growth in home loans and other personal and business lending, has post...
Former Tower Life Australia managing director Ken Boag has joined Rice Walker Actuaries as a senior consultant....
Zurich Financial Services chief executive Tom Brown has been appointed to the board of the representative body for general insurers, the Insurance Council of Australia....
A new set of guidelines on conflicts of interest which will impose tougher requirements on advisers than those introduced by the Australian Securities and Investment Comm...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...