LIFE INSURANCE
Financial planning
Life insurance companies are going to have to work a lot harder in future if they want to win business from financial advisers....
Financial planning
National Mutual has indicated it will continue to expand rapidly in Asia, following its acquisition of a controlling interest in the Japan-based life company Nippon Danta...
Financial planning
Until today, there has been no in-depth research published on the state of play in the financial business. Money Management commissioned KPI Research to inves-tigate Aust...
Financial planning
The mission by the financial services giants to dominate the financial planning in-dustry is now complete. The Money Management Top 100 dealer group survey has revealed t...
Financial planning
The mission by the financial services giants to dominate the financial planning industry is now complete....
Financial planning
IRD casts eyes over life companies The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is auditing several life companies as its review of the life insurance taxation regime steps up a g...
Life/Risk
AMP’s tempestuous union GIO is paying its first dividends with the combined group dominating the race for win new life insurance business....
Policy & Regulation
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is auditing several life companies as its review of the life insurance taxation regime steps up a gear....
Financial planning
Zurich Financial Services is to concentrate on organic growth to further develop its Australian business....
Financial planning
The superannuation choice of fund proposal has been on the Federal Government’s to do list since the Coalition came to power in 1996. And while the Government considers i...
Financial planning
IOOF's 30 per cent rise in funds under management during the last financial year has come from independent financial advisers, says managing director Rob Turner....
Financial planning
In a recent superannuation surcharge ruling, the commissioner of taxation opened a Pandora’s box when he talked of using reserves in a self managed superannuation fund (S...
Policy & Regulation
When it comes to business tax reform most of the headlines have been about capital gains tax (CGT) reform, accelerated depreciation and the lower corporate tax proposal....
Financial planning
AMP Financial Planning is probably Australia's biggest dealer group with about 1280 plan-ners. Samantha Walker steps inside the juggernaut to see what makes it tick....
Financial planning
The Life Insurance Conduct and Disclosure (LICD) Bill is back on the legislative agenda but under a different guise....
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...