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”…
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”…
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…
03 June 2003
A two-year study into the impact of genetic testing on Australia has been welcomed by life insurers…
27 May 2003
The Federal Government will implement a new superannuation system that focuses on allowing employees to choose their own super fund…
20 May 2003
Still reeling from the negative impacts of the recent consumer/ASIC survey that found too many financial planners with real problems…
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…
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…
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…
06 May 2003
Colonial First State CEO John Pearce has joined the IFSA board of directors…
29 April 2003
New Zealand’s 95-year-old Life Insurance Act is finally destined for a makeover…
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…
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…
23 April 2003
IFSA has released its annual superannuation fees analysis for 2002…
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…
15 April 2003
APRA’s latest edition of Super Trends shows a 2.4% increase in superannuation assets for the final quarter of 2002…
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…
08 April 2003
More than 90% of Australian financial institutions taking part in a survey say they approve of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards…
08 April 2003
The financial services sector will grow by 8% a year until 2012, according to market researcher Dexx&R…
01 April 2003
The Investment and Financial Services Association has come out fighting against the Federal Opposition’s policy that would require fund managers and super trustees to disclose…
01 April 2003
The outlook for the life insurance industry in Australia and NZ is “volatile”, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s…