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Financial planning
St George Group has surprised the market by announcing changes to the structure of its wealth management and retail financial services division, resulting in the departur...
Financial planning
The Snowball Group has declared its intention to purchase Western Pacific Financial Group, which will result in scale benefits for the combined entity and a new level of ...
Financial planning
As the industry steps up its defence against a looming legacy problem, Zurich Financial Services is nearing the end of its rationalisation process and is close to putting...
Editorial
St Andrew’s Australia has reported a pre-tax profit of $8.4 million for the half year ending June, 2005, up 147 per cent on the corresponding period last year....
Life/Risk
Advisers have an opportunity to boost the uptake of personal insurance, after the insurance head at a leading financial services organisation warned the product had falle...
Life/Risk
Dishonesty charges have been laid against an insurance broker in the Melbourne Magistrates Court following an investigation by the corporate regulator....
Financial planning
Bravura Solutions has strengthened its position across the Asia Pacific by entering into a regional teaming agreement with IBM....
Life/Risk
ASIC has permanently banned an ANZ bank representative and a former insurance broker after they were found to have misappropriated clients’ funds....
Financial planning
Laing Advisory has launched a subscriptions-based online life risk insurance resource service targeted at both investment planners and risk advisers....
Financial planning
Comparing the benefits of various superannuation funds will be made simpler for advisers following the launch of a research resource from Mercer Investment Consulting....
Financial planning
Underlying hot topics like the commissions debate, Australia’s insurance gap and compliance is the need to boost consumer confidence and reinforce the value of advice, ac...
Life/Risk
An insurance broker has been charged with 11 counts of dishonest conduct following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
Financial planning
In an effort to demystify life insurance, Zurich has thrown away traditional thought patterns and by the end of the year will have launched a new product designed to revo...
Life/Risk
Privately owned financial advisory firm Centric Wealth has added general insurance advice to the range of services it provides to its customers in response to strong clie...
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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...