Alternative Tower deal in the wings
24 June 2003
Trans-Tasman financial services group Tower is the subject of much attention after key shareholders’ attempts to come up with an alternative capital-raising plan to overthrow…
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AMP sets out to sell demerger
17 June 2003
It’s been a tough few weeks for AMP CEO Andrew Mohl, and it’s not going to get any easier in the immediate future as he sets off around the world to try to sell…
PI premiums are ‘causing bad advice’
10 June 2003
Financial planners say the high cost of PI premiums are preventing them from doing their job properly…
Promina, Vero, and now – Asteron
10 June 2003
Promina’s Royal & SunAlliance Financial Services has changed the name of its Australian and NZ operations to Asteron…
Tower in defence mode over GPG deal
10 June 2003
NZ-based financial services group Tower has hit out at a NZ Shareholders Association suggestion that Tower has given Guinness Peat Group “a cheap-ride into a 30% stake”…
Associations unite to build guides
03 June 2003
NIBA has joined with IFSA and the FPA to devise a “plain English” guide for statement of advice completion and a model financial services guide…
Genetic testing report lays out insurers’ role
03 June 2003
A two-year study into the impact of genetic testing on Australia has been welcomed by life insurers…
Split super proposal
27 May 2003
The Federal Government will implement a new superannuation system that focuses on allowing employees to choose their own super fund…
Bid to drive out bad planners
20 May 2003
Still reeling from the negative impacts of the recent consumer/ASIC survey that found too many financial planners with real problems…
FPA to meet needs of boutique planners
20 May 2003
The FPA has also appointed two new staff to look after the needs of its small boutique dealer members, who make up 75% of its membership…
ASIC: planners will struggle with basics
13 May 2003
After a spate of bad press following their disastrous showing in two recent surveys, financial planners have copped it again, with a senior ASIC officer saying most of them…
Planners promise to lift their game
06 May 2003
The Financial Planning Association has launched an “ambitious” national campaign to raise the bar on Australian planners’ professional standards after the recent disastrous survey…
John Pearce joins IFSA Board
06 May 2003
Colonial First State CEO John Pearce has joined the IFSA board of directors…
Elderly law gets a makeover
29 April 2003
New Zealand’s 95-year-old Life Insurance Act is finally destined for a makeover…
Financial planner campaign ‘just coincidence’
29 April 2003
St George Bank’s new national television advertising campaign showing a financial planner talking about his “personal” relationship with an elderly client and her family…
IFSA gets into Q&As
23 April 2003
The Investment and Financial Services Association has released a Q&A fact sheet for its members in a bid to create better understanding of the changing face…
Super fees static
23 April 2003
IFSA has released its annual superannuation fees analysis for 2002…
Financial planners dragging their heels
15 April 2003
While the disastrous findings of ASIC’s and ACA’s recent financial planners survey is still bright in everyone’s memories, Ernst & Young has released…
Super trends: increase in super assets
15 April 2003
APRA’s latest edition of Super Trends shows a 2.4% increase in superannuation assets for the final quarter of 2002…
Australian staff are the greatest, says Axiss
08 April 2003
Axiss Australia says Australia’s financial services sector is an attractive and successful industry that gives the country a powerful advantage in the Asia-Pacific region…