Browsing all articles from September, 2006


The Commonwealth Bank of Australia partly achieved its goal of being different last week – be it for the wrong reasons – after copping a dual bashing from both the Federal Treasurer and one of the country’s leading ad-men.

First, the bank reaped the whirlwind from Treasurer, Wayne Swan, …

Melbourne-based Australian Unity is cleverly playing on the fact modern life bombards consumers with so much information it makes basic sense to seek advice and guidance when it comes to financial services.

The group is promoting itself in a slick new campaign that highlights how an eight-year old …

Is ASIC becoming self-conscious or is its apparent new consultative approach a sign of the times for all large organisations?

The corporate regulator kicks-off its annual Summer School conference next week in Melbourne with an unusually large number of industry speakers invited to present and participate.

This follows …

Consumers may criticise high product fees, and rightly so, but on the flip side few people decide to take out a pension because it looks cheap – a middle ground it appears is needed.

If, as many suspect, pensions in the UK are sold rather than bought then …

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