INSURANCE

Editorial

In the past 12 months Singapore’s financial services industry has begun to swell as Australian groups spread their wings into Asia. As Kate Kachor reports, Singapore is n...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is preparing to sign off on its own solution to provide professional indemnity (PI) insurance cover to its members....

Financial planning

Australian Unity is one of the few mutual groups still in the financial services market and, as John Wilkinson writes, its new managing director plans to make sure it sta...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will consider backing a proposal to set up a national scheme, possibly funded by an industry levy, to compensate investors for lo...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) could have its own in-house professional indemnity (PI) solution for members within a month, if the association approves a propos...

Financial planning

Royal & SunAlliance have restructured its operations ahead of its upcoming float with a number of New Zealand based executives set to leave the group while managing direc...

Financial planning

To be successful in this business, you have to work your database and think outside the square, says DEBBIE MAYO-SMITH....

Financial planning

For those of us who have spent some of our working lives in engineering or manufacturing, the importance of quality is self-evident....

Editorial

What will happen to the world’s financial markets if there’s a war? CHARLES BEELAERTS investigates....

Financial planning

Risk insurance has long been a wallflower at the financial planning party. Hampered by the depressing reality that the client may not be around to spend the benefit, risk...

Financial planning

Nobody really thinks the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) is working, says TOM COLLINS, and for that reason it should be scrubbed....

Financial planning

When it comes to making lasting relationships with your clients, first impressions could be what makes or breaks your business. LUCIE BEAMAN reports....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Services (AMPFS) has announced a restructure that will split the group into two groups centred around the distribution and manufacturing arms....

Financial planning

The Royal & SunAlliance Group’s Australasian arm has been renamed Promina in preparation for its upcoming float....

Life/Risk

Professional Investment Services (PIS) is moving against broad industry trends to add risk insurance and taxation services within financial planning businesses....

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