INSURANCE

Editorial

Share markets are currently in the 'sweet spot' and will benefit from higher profits early in 2010, writes Stephen van Eyk....

Editorial

Lack of appropriate investment options forces too many retirement investors into unsuitable investments. It’s time for a rethink - and the Cooper Review offers the ideal ...

Financial planning

Macquarie Global Investments has launched another capital protected product in response to demand from advisers....

Financial planning

Research conducted by CoreData has suggested Industry Funds Financial Planners come up short in engagement and service skills when compared to their independent or bank-a...

Financial planning

New ABS methodology has seen the financial services sector emerge as a leader....

Financial planning

AFS considering acquisition opportunities of dealer groups, while also assessing opportunities in general insurance and mortgage aggregation space....

Life/Risk

High costs and misconceptions about group cover are prompting consumers to ignore life insurance, according to new research....

Life/Risk

Tower Australia has appointed Paul Rohan to manage its substantial AustralianSuper account....

Financial planning

A focus on broader superannuation policy has left a number of the technically challenging details introduced in the Better Super package unresolved, particularly where co...

Life/Risk

The underinsurance problem in Australia is the issue most heard about, but overinsurance has also been identified as a concern and points to a lack of awareness, said Mac...

Financial planning

Australian and New Zealand structured finance transactions remained robust in the last quarter of 2009, according to Fitch Ratings....

Policy & Regulation

Russell Investments has appointed a specialist in after-tax investment strategies, with the group preparing its clients for the “post-Cooper Review world”....

Financial planning

The financial services sector is expected to benefit from a surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2010, according to M&A law firm Freehills....

Editorial

Sarina Raffo lays out the various financial planning options available to clients as they prepare for their retirement....

Editorial

Distinct recovery paths are emerging for developed and developing markets in the wake of the global financial crisis. Michael Hasenstab examines the opportunities for inv...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 4 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

5 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks ago