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Life/Risk

It is a problem that everybody knows about, and some have solutions for, yet it will not go away. Australians are not buying risk insurance, and far too-few advisers are ...

People & Products

Listed funds management holding company Treasury Group has hired Christine Feldmanis as managing director of its boutique fund manager service division, Treasury Group In...

Financial planning

Aviva has been named Risk Company of the Year in the Money Management/Dexx&r Adviser Choice Risk Awards 2005....

Financial planning

Fund incubator and private client services company Equity Trustees put their highly publicised woes of 2003 further behind them yesterday by announcing a net annual profi...

Financial planning

Suncorp’s wealth management business contributed significantly to the group’s $821 million profit for 2005 on the back of strong investment earnings, although the result ...

Financial planning

Unlicensed providers may soon be allowed to offer generic online financial calculators if proposals outlined in a consultation paper released yesterday by the Australian ...

Editorial

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Financial planning

Aviva Australia and listed financial services conglomerate, Wide Bay Australia, have collectively acquired a controlling stake in a boutique Queensland dealer group, Fina...

Financial planning

Following a review of its underwriting and administration processes, as well as a variety of product enhancements, Aviva has gone on to win this year’s Risk Manager of th...

Life/Risk

Unlike the majority of term and total and permanent disability (TPD) products, Protection Life from Aviva is payable after three months rather than six. According to Tim ...

Financial planning

MLC has finalised a deal giving it 100 per cent ownership of a Hong Kong-based wealth management business for a purchase price of $148 million....

People & Products

Former Australian Defence Forces chief, General Peter Cosgrove, has been appointed as a consultant to professional services firm, Deloitte....

Editorial

As employers look to find a path through the choice regime, STUART KORCHINSKI explains how clearing houses for contributions will become more important than ever....

Funds management

Mariner Financial has become the latest fund manager to launch an American property trust, the Mariner American Property Income Trust, which it claims will target high-yi...

Financial planning

Creating a point of difference from other dealer groups is the reason for the jump in adviser numbers at Australian Financial Services, says chief executive officer Peter...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

6 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

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Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...

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Libby Roy has been appointed as an independent non-executive director on the board of AZ NGA....

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