FPA service award nominations open
23 August 2010
The Financial Planning Association last week opened nominations for its 2010 Value of Advice Awards recognising excellence in financial planning…
23 August 2010
The Financial Planning Association last week opened nominations for its 2010 Value of Advice Awards recognising excellence in financial planning…
16 August 2010
Marsh broker Jodie Sharman has won the Victorian and Tasmanian state category for the top young professional insurance broker…
16 August 2010
MLC and AMP have been named as organisations that promote trust and confidence, according to a survey of CEOs conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Financial Services Council…
16 August 2010
Swiss Re has lured Paul Lacey from Aon Benfield to work in its property and casualty reinsurance business in Australia and New Zealand…
16 August 2010
Well-known actuary and writer Nick Renton has died in Melbourne at the age of 79…
16 August 2010
Underwriting agency ProRisk has hired former Ace Insurance Financial Lines Underwriting Manager Neil Sheppard as the firm’s new Australian Manager…
16 August 2010
Applications are now open for the Risk Management Institution of Australasia’s Risk Manager of the Year award…
09 August 2010
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has named David Rowell and Tahlia Parrish as winners of the Brian Gray Scholarship awarded for the study of topics related to the financial sector…
09 August 2010
More than half of Australian financial services staff received salary increases in the past year, keeping pay rates competitive with the rest of the Asia Pacific region…
09 August 2010
A new study estimates that hangovers cost Australia $453 million every year in overtime costs associated with covering for “sick” colleagues…
09 August 2010
Five financial adviser training companies have joined together to form Fees4Service, offering a turnkey solution to help advisers’ transition to a fee-for-service model…
02 August 2010
Zurich is encouraging brokers and their fleet clients to embrace the new science of telematics – the combined use of technology such as GPS, hands-free phones and wireless safety…
02 August 2010
Annual performance reviews have failed an assessment of their own value to business, with a high performance coach branding them “ineffective, outdated and pointless”…
02 August 2010
More than 1300 advisers attended this year’s Association of Financial Advisers 2010 Roadshow…
26 July 2010
NIBA College has extended its professional mentoring program to Victoria, two years after establishing the scheme in NSW…
26 July 2010
Mid-tier managers will be a sparse and valued commodity as businesses recover from the global financial crisis, according to Hays Recruiting…
26 July 2010
Andrew Bojkowski from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is the winner of this year’s Aon Benfield Scholarship…
26 July 2010
Zurich-owned marine insurer Associated Marine has again reshuffled its management pack with three senior appointments…
26 July 2010
The Financial Planning Association has opened nominations for its Distinguished Service Awards, as well as the third round of Fellow Awards for this year…
26 July 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed eight advisers as its first Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioner…