Institutes outline merger details
10 May 2005
The Securities Institute of Australia and the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance have released a member information package outlining details of their proposed merger…
10 May 2005
The Securities Institute of Australia and the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance have released a member information package outlining details of their proposed merger…
03 May 2005
The Financial Planning Association has released a set of draft principles in a bid to help its members better manage conflicts of interests…
03 May 2005
Recent financial results indicate the FPA is on the rebound from a period of financial hardship…
27 April 2005
The board of HIH would have benefitted from a new type of report that sets out to ensure insurance companies are compliant with financial measures…
27 April 2005
The Financial Industry Complaints Service plans to change some of its rules regarding members’ legal challenges after its professional indemnity insurer refused to pay…
27 April 2005
AMP Financial Planning has added four external employer superannuation master trust providers to its products and services list…
19 April 2005
Only a week after the Financial Planning Association said Sir Richard Branson’s new super fund does not “reflect the reality of the regulatory requirements”…
19 April 2005
People with mental illnesses will have less difficulty attaining life insurance cover if collaboration between the life insurance industry and the health sector achieves its aims…
12 April 2005
Plans by Virgin Enterprises owner Richard Branson to enter the Australian superannuation industry have caused a stir with financial planners…
12 April 2005
Assistant Treasurer Mal Brough has introduced new regulations to allow older employees to access their superannuation through an income stream from July 1…
12 April 2005
The Securities Institute of Australia and the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance are planning to merge, with a vote expected later this year…
05 April 2005
ASIC is about to embark on one of its famous “shadow shopping” exercises to assess the advice advisers are giving their clients…
30 March 2005
While more than half a million Australians took up the Federal Government’s Superannuation Co-contribution Scheme last financial year, many remain unaware of their eligibility…
30 March 2005
At least 550,000 Australians face significant termination fees on superannuation accounts purchased in the 1980s and 1990s according to ASIC…
15 March 2005
The Federal Government’s superannuation choice scheme takes force on July 1, but still faces significant criticism from superannuation figureheads…
15 March 2005
National Australia Bank says Australians aren’t putting away enough money for their retirements, and they are confused by the complexity of products available…
15 March 2005
The Financial Services Reform Act came into effect a year ago last Friday…
15 March 2005
The Federal Government says it will over-ride state industrial legislation by applying the new choice of super fund to workers under state awards…
08 March 2005
APRA has released the first of two discussion papers on its response to the implementation of the new International Financial Reporting Standards…
01 March 2005
The outlook for Australia’s life insurance sector is improving due to the level of underinsurance among the population, according to a report released by analysts Moody’s…