Challenger International has gone a recruitment spree, luring industry notables Jamie Kelly away from a 12 year career with Mercantile Mutual and Sharon Knightley from tw...
Permanent has signed up with ISPT, the trustee of the Industry Superannuation Property Trust, to provide back office functions....
Very few of Colonial’s senior management have survived the post-merger shake-out by Commonwealth Bank....
Trustee group Permanent has been signed with ISPT, the trustee of the Industry Superannuation Property Trust No.1, to provide back office functions for the super group....
It took 12 years and a lot of persuading – but Jamie Kelly, one of the faces of Mercantile Mutual, has switched camps....
Banks will dominate distribution of financial services in the future due to their massive customer bases and strong brand awareness Westpac financial planning general ma...
Commonwealth Bank managing director David Murray has called on the government to raise compulsory superannuation payments....
Ipac has developed a business model to help its planners and strategic partners service the wealth accumulator market....
Commonwealth Bank will officially takeover Colonial on June 13 and a shake-up of senior Colonial management is expected the following day....
Colonial boss Peter Smedley has been named chairman of BHP's long products business, to be called OneSteel....
Merrill Lynch and HSBC have set up a joint venture to create a global online banking and in-vestment services company....
Colonial has finally offloaded its United Kingdom life insurance and pensions business to Swiss insurance group Winterthur for $891 million....
National Australia and the Commonwealth will soon own one-fifth of the financial planning industry....
The proposed takeover of Colonial by the Commonwealth Bank will cost $447 million and lead to cost savings of up to $300 million per year, according to the scheme of arra...
A fortnight ago, Colonial was awarded the highest accolade for the investment performance of an Australian fund manager - the Money Management Fund Manager of the Year. J...
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...