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A terminally ill man is suing Norwich Union Life Insurance and his financial adviser because Norwich terminated his near $1 million policy after discovering he had cancer...
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Life insurance companies are about to embark on a major industry-wide outsourcing campaign, according to a recent research report....
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Norwich Union has embarked on an aggressive push into the New South Wales market by basing its new national sales manager, Shaun Williams in Sydney....
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Melbourne-based financial planning research and software group PlanTech Consulting has made its first foray into overseas market with a deal in South Africa....
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The National Australia Bank will separate its insurance and investment operations from banking in a restructure, following the acquisition of MLC from Lend Lease....
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Your average person is usually at great pains to avoid admitting their mistakes, especially when it comes to the future of financial planning. But then again, Tom Collins...
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FINANCIAL PLANNERS Location: Professional financial planning practice, Perth Description: Financial planners with varied skills and areas of expertise required for innova...
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A group going by the name of Surfboard has become the latest online financial services group to list on the Australian stock exchange. Surfboard hit the ASX boards thanks...
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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is to investigate the conduct and disclosure behaviour of life agents as phase two of its review of the disabil...
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Banks cost cutting will be the key drivers of e-commerce into the future, according to InvestorWeb director of online and media services, Mark Maley....
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New Zealand’s rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer and the gap between the two is increasing at a rate faster than anywhere else in the world...
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A proposal for a separate non-practitioner Certified Financial Planner (CFP) mark has been de-feated by strong opposition from elements within the US financial planning i...
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Ipac has developed a business model to help its planners and strategic partners service the wealth accumulator market....
Financial planning
A recent report by Rice Kachor predicts that Australia’s financial services industry will swing convincingly to the retail side of the industry by 2010. Stuart Engel look...
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Then there were three. In a similar situation as last year, with the acquisition of KPMG Financial services by St George, the financial services industry now sees an-othe...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...