The financial planning arm of the HSBC bank has signed the Aviva-owned Navigator master trust as one of only three preferred platforms for its advisers....

NZ-based life insurance and investment management firm Tower Group has been given the all-clear to proceed with the spin-off of its Australian Wealth Management business ...

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....

Suncorp has signalled it expects to post a 13 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for its wealth management business for the six months to December 2004 and has upgraded ...

Investments in life insurance grew by 11 per cent over the year to September 2004 according to the latest statistics from Melbourne based research group Plan For Life....

The Federal Government has announced that it will hold another round of industry consultation on choice of fund, after new draft regulations outlining the implementation ...

Understanding clients’ needs and helping them achieve their financial goals is the bedrock of Jo Tuck’s practice....

Print Super has bolstered its position in the corporate superannuation outsourcing stakes with the launch late last week of a new public offer vehicle - mychoice....

The financial services industry has been given yet another extension by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to comply with its new dollar disclosure regim...

Australians should receive a minimum of one dollar per week of death insurance cover and the Government must do more to educate the public about the potential pitfalls as...

Queensland’s largest private sector superannuation fund, the $5 billion Sunsuper, has appointed listed financial services firm Snowball Group to provide education and fin...

Agriculture finance specialist Rabobank has set its sights on the growing market for advice in rural areas, after moving to take full ownership of its financial planning ...

ING Australia has finalised the restructure of its distribution operations with the appointment today of Sealcorp director of distribution and sales Dan Powell into the n...

Commission disclosure under Financial Services Reform is contributing to Australia’s chronic underinsurance problem rather than alleviating it and driving churning betwee...