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…
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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…
Simplifying financial know-how
02 March 2004
Media personality and financial guru Paul Clitheroe will head up a top-level 15-member taskforce panel…
Better handling for mentally ill
02 March 2004
Following last week’s Sunrise Exchange News’ tip that the Investment and Financial Services Association was planning to re-commit its efforts to improving life insurance…
Increasing life expectancy concerns insurers
24 February 2004
Rising age expectancy is emerging as the latest hot issue for the life insurance and superannuation sectors…
APRA winds up 396 ‘uncontactable’ super funds
24 February 2004
Continuing with its hard-line attitude on enforcement, APRA has wound up 396 super funds and disqualified their trustees…
Industry commitment to improving mental health issues recognised
24 February 2004
Australia’s life insurance industry will today commit another two years to the principles of the World First Memorandum of Understanding with the Mental Health Service Stakeholders…
Mixed reaction to FSRA relief
17 February 2004
There’s less than a month before the Financial Services Reform Act officially kicks in but that hasn’t stopped the Government adding yet more changes to the regulations…