New super model tipped to boost retirement savings
01 June 2004
About 40% of people earning between $30,000 and $50,000 would benefit from talking up the Commonwealth’s proposed $3 for $2 co-contribution super arrangements if implemented…
Life Insurance
Calling it quits: another senior staffer leaves the FPA
25 May 2004
The changes just keep coming for the peak body supporting Australian planners, the Financial Planning Association…
Funds bouncing back
25 May 2004
Research company Dexx&R says strong growth has been recorded in the superannuation industry in the 12 months to March…
NZ insurer gets one back from the Aussies
18 May 2004
New Zealand’s only locally owned insurer, Fidelity Life, is acquiring the established Lumley Life operation in NZ…
Axiss gets more money
18 May 2004
The Government has given Axiss Australia, the body it established in 1999 to push the country as a global financial services centre, an extra $7.6 million to continue its work…
Super changes go down well
18 May 2004
The Budget decision to boost the Federal Government’s co-contribution scheme for superannuation has been welcomed by the industry…
FPA switches education to consumers
11 May 2004
The Financial Planning Association, the peak body for Australia’s financial planners, has announced an initiative to improve the financial literacy of young Australians…
Aviva chief takes a swing at his peers
11 May 2004
The corporate superannuation industry is not serving the interests of members by dragging its heels when transferring balances…
Lobbyists want plan for super shortfall
04 May 2004
A coalition of 14 financial services associations and companies is trying to convince the Federal Government to devise a plan to fix the $600 billion shortfall…
Zurich teams up with Bstar to assist planners
04 May 2004
Zurich Financial Services Australia has joined forces with Bstar – a professional services group specialising in SME solutions – to develop a program…
Industry safer than US, says IFSA
27 April 2004
The Investment & Financial Services Association says new regulations will protect Australian investors from market timing and late trading problems…
New deputy for IFSA
27 April 2004
IFSA has appointed John O’Shaughnessy as Deputy CEO following the relocation of former Deputy Jo-Anne Bloch…
Super assets rise
27 April 2004
APRA’s latest edition of Super Trends for the December quarter shows an increase of total super assets of 3.3%, leaving assets standing at $565.9 billion…
Zurich wants to build life market share
20 April 2004
Zurich Financial Services is getting serious about growing its share of the life market in Australia, bringing in managers for its marketing and business projects units…
AIG makes its mark
20 April 2004
American International Assurance Company (Australia) Limited (AIA) has changed its name to reflect the powerful image of its US parent…
FPA steps up to re-jig planners’ image
20 April 2004
Just a few weeks after predicting a $2 million deficit for the 2004 year, the Financial Planning Association – the peak body representing planners – has stepped up its activities…
Genetic discrimination study begins
20 April 2004
The first large-scale study of genetic discrimination in Australia is under way, with researchers around the country investigating the positive and minus points of genetic testing…
ASIC report is old news, say planners
14 April 2004
ASIC is under fire for using two-year-old information to make a point about financial planners’ patterns of advice…
It’s looking up for planners, says FPA
09 March 2004
Financial planners are finally back on track and in good shape after 18 months of dealing with one disaster after another, according to the Financial Planning Association…
NBNZ may sell life business
09 March 2004
There’s speculation around the industry that the ANZ Banking Group is about to sell the life operations of its newest acquisition, the National Bank of New Zealand…