Planners join IFSA in mental health initiative
20 October 2008
Financial planners will now be able to offer insurance to people who suffer from anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression and other mental health conditions…
20 October 2008
Financial planners will now be able to offer insurance to people who suffer from anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression and other mental health conditions…
20 October 2008
Victorian Brad Fox has been named the winner of the 2008 Association of Financial Advisers Rising Star of the Year award...
13 October 2008
Australia’s largest financial advisory group, Professional Investment Services, is increasing its offshore presence in a merger of its NZ advisory firm with life insurance-based business…
13 October 2008
The Financial Planning Association has appointed just the one new director to its board...
13 October 2008
ANZ’s latest financial literacy survey shows there is a noticeable difference between the most and least financially literate Australians...
06 October 2008
Tower Australia Group has bought direct life provider InsuranceLine Holdings for $136 million, three years after buying an initial 15% stake in the company...
06 October 2008
The Financial Planning Association has moved to defend members after former Federal Treasurer Peter Costello suggested financial planners are to blame for superannuation…
29 September 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s weekend call for the insurance industry to face tighter regulation shouldn’t affect the local industry, according to a regulatory expert...
29 September 2008
A panel of financial services and insurance experts has been given the job of leading the charge as Australia positions itself to be recognised as an Asian financial services hub...
22 September 2008
While life insurance policies cover most sports without restriction, a study by financial services researcher Cannex has revealed extreme activities such as base-jumping or deep-sea diving...
22 September 2008
The Financial Planners Association has signed up 10 members to its new professional indemnity insurance scheme...
15 September 2008
A report on an NZ bill aimed at beefing up regulation of financial advisers urges greater accountability of advisers and better avenues for consumer complaints...
15 September 2008
Australia has come in ninth in an international survey of business regulation in 181 countries...
08 September 2008
Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service about managed investments have surged 134% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year...
08 September 2008
The country’s best financial planners will be recognised at the Financial Planning Association’s annual Value of Advice Awards in November...
08 September 2008
An official financial services delegation returns to Australia today after a three-day visit to Hong Kong to promote industry and regulator interests...
08 September 2008
The Australian life insurance industry chalked up its 175th anniversary last week...
01 September 2008
ING research has revealed current economic conditions are having a negative effect on clients’ perception of financial advisers...
01 September 2008
The financial services industry’s new unified dispute resolution service FOS is putting its terms of reference out for scrutiny in order to improve the process...
25 August 2008
New Zealand insurer Tower Limited has no idea why its share price suddenly peaked earlier this month...