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Editorial
The advice business of AXA Asia Pacific has experienced a strong year of performance in 2005 with operating earnings up $14.5 million, or 69.7 per cent, to $35.3 million ...
Life/Risk
Eleven of Australia’s major insurance providers have now signed-up to use the Generic Personal Statement, a new document developed by the financial planning industry for ...
Financial planning
The longstanding legal dispute between Equity Trustees Limited and the vendors of the Wealthpac Master Fund has been resolved....
Financial planning
Financial planning software provider Investment Data Technologies has announced it will sell its non-core business services, following the appointment of a voluntary admi...
Financial planning
Independent financial advisers will remain key distribution channels for specialist life insurers PrefSure Holdings and Life Limited under its new owner Tower Australia....
Financial planning
Focussing on providing services to the adviser and not the licence holder will be the major focus for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) in 2006, says president ...
Financial planning
Upgrades to Asgard Wealth Solutions’ planning and practice management software will be rolled out to advisers in the last quarter of 2006, the company has announced....
Financial planning
Inflows into Australia’s life insurance companies fell by 1.6 per cent last year from $34 billion to $33.4 billion, reversing a 0.6 per cent growth in inflows recorded in...
Financial planning
Total estimated superannuation assets grew by 6.7 per cent over the September 2005 quarter to $791.5 billion, according to APRA....
Financial planning
Mothers need to lift their level of life insurance cover, but most believe it is too expensive to do so, according to research conducted by TNS Australia on behalf of IFS...
Financial planning
People generally agree that you should not receive financial advantage, or even compensation, from a loss suffered as a result of committing a criminal activity. As a res...
Financial planning
There has been much discussion about the lack of life insurance being taken out by the Australian public. But this pales into almost insignificance when the focus is on r...
Superannuation
When planning for a transition to retirement, advisers now have another strategy for consideration. This new opportunity came about when the Federal Government added a ne...
Editorial
A booming Australian share market and strong growth in financial planning and wealth management products have resulted in a welcome boost to the bottom line of AXA Asia P...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...