Stuart Engel

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Financial planning

14 Oct

It has been a tough couple of years for Sealcorp since being acquired by St George Bank back in December 1997. But with a new chief executive and a fresh team of senior e...

Financial planning

14 Oct

BT media blitz puts the oof back in yoof

Not content to have Colonial First State adopt their talking head style of TV adver-tising, BT has embarked on a media blitz to attract the hip and happening 18 to 35s....

Financial planning

14 Oct

Super - is it really worth all the bother?

There are a number of anomalies that you come across when you examine the op-eration of the Australian superannuation system. ...

Financial planning

14 Oct

Did you know...Top 5 masters

Of the 50 or so master trusts now on the market, the top five make up about three quarters of the $28 billion sector. ...

Financial planning

14 Oct

LICD Bill back on agenda

The Life Insurance Conduct and Disclosure (LICD) Bill is back on the legislative agenda but under a different guise....

Financial planning

14 Oct

Women to rely on aged pensions

Most Australian women will have to rely on aged pensions when they retire because their superannuation fund balances are inadequate, according to a university study....

Financial planning

14 Oct

Tyndall lays ghosts to rest

One of the first to join high flyers Clayton Robard in the mid 1980s, Ken Brewer, has joined Tyndall, the group that rose from the ashes of Clayton Robard....

Superannuation

13 Oct

Superannuation boom time continues

Superannuation assets grew 14 per cent in the 1998/99 financial year, with industry and retail fund assets the fastest growing market segments, according to the latest AP...

Financial planning

13 Oct

Planners go online

Sealcorp Holdings says on-line transactions by financial advisers will grow five-fold over the next two years....

Financial planning

04 Oct

Look out Australia, here comes the US cavalry

For years the Australian financial services industry has looked across the Pacific for future trends, but none of the US behemoths have grabbed a stranglehold on the reta...