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MLC drives NAB revenue

13 November 2007

National Australia Bank's wealth management arm MLC has delivered a 14.5% increase in revenue for the year ending 30 September…

Free advice for drought-hit communities

06 November 2007

Members of the Financial Planning Association are pledging their support to drought-ravaged communities with a new pro-bono advice program…

Aussies take global stage

06 November 2007

Australians are making their mark on the worldwide financial services stage with the announcement of two significant appointments…

Finsia appoints new CEO

23 October 2007

Fresh from the $36 million sale of its educational arm, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia has appointed Martin Fahy as CEO…

Super boost for life insurers

23 October 2007

Changes in superannuation legislation have boosted growth in the life insurance sector, according to the latest quarterly survey of life insurance trends…

New IFSA chairman named

23 October 2007

The Investment and Financial Services Association has appointed a new chairman. Perpetual MD David Deverall replaces Craig Dunn…

FPA elects new chairman

23 October 2007

Julie Berry will take up the chairmanship of the Financial Planning Association at the end of next month, replacing Corinna Dieters…

Life insurance? She’ll be right

16 October 2007

Blissful ignorance sums up Australian's attitude to life insurance, with nearly two-thirds of people drastically underinsured, according to a survey by Axa…

New technology helps Tower build

02 October 2007

Tower Australia is looking to use a new automatic rules system to revolutionise the way it underwrites retail life insurance policies…

Planners fire broadside at complaints body

25 September 2007

The Financial Planning Association has opened a rift with the sector's main complaints body after accusing the financial services ombudsman of lacking transparency…

Online life cover cheaper: Allianz

18 September 2007

Allianz Australia is spearheading the charge towards simplified life insurance products, stripping its product disclosure statements to just seven pages…

Reputation key to risk management

04 September 2007

The three risk management issues most exercising the minds of Australian financial institutions are corporate governance, talent management and technology, according to Aon…

Westpac and BT branch out

04 September 2007

Westpac and its wealth management arm are set to launch a new life insurance brand that will make the bank’s investment products available to external financial planners…

FPA members happier

28 August 2007

The Financial Planning Association says improvements to its communications strategies and general performance are having a near-immediate impact on its standing among members…

Financial planner sues

28 August 2007

At least one financial planner is taking the Westpoint matter into his own hands…

FPA plans for gold-card status

21 August 2007

The Financial Planning Association is planning an overhaul of its membership standards as a way of improving standards across the advice industry…

US award for Gwen Fletcher

14 August 2007

The global work of Australian financial planning pioneer Gwen Fletcher in spreading the message on the need for qualified planners has been recognised by the US Financial Planning Association…

Collaboration key to success: industry

14 August 2007

Strengthening ties between the financial services industry and regulators will support Australia’s ambition of becoming a regional powerhouse for international investment…