AUSTRALIAN UNITY

Financial planning

Australian Unity reported an increase in revenue from $617 million in 2009 to $934 million for the 12 months to June 30, 2010, and a profit after tax of $17.1 million....

Life/Risk

Mike Taylor leads a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing the insurance industry. Topics covered include underinsurance, reaching younger consumers and advise...

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Financial planning

Investors will start going back to mortgage funds once they get over the noise and remember that the problems of the last 18 months were not the underlying assets, accord...

Financial planning

Australian Unity has lost a legal dispute with Calliden over the sale of its general insurance business....

Financial planning

Platform innovation is being spurred by the increasing popularity of separately managed accounts (SMAs), according to Brandt Page, director of Fortuna Partners....

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Financial planning

Financial services companies scaled back political donations last fiscal year, according to the latest data from the Australian Electoral Commission....

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Financial planning

Australian Unity takes stake in a Hong Kong-based equities manager, Seres Asset Management....

Financial planning

AUI considers product development under the LifePlan banner....

Financial planning

The Paraplanner of the Year awards are once again upon us. Paraplanners can enter online as of today for this year's celebrity-themed awards....

Financial planning

Merged entity will have $7.5 billion in funds under management, up to 330,000 members and 560,000 customers, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide....

Financial planning

Lifeplan members meeting on August 13 in Adelaide to vote on the proposal....

Financial planning

Australian Unity's merger with Lifeplan will see the Adelaide-based mutual become a specialist funds management business....

Funds management

Merger of two mutual companies will result in group with funds under management of more than $7 billion....

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Financial planning

The latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index suggests that people who borrow large amounts of money to fund a genuine investment are generally happier than those with lowe...

Financial planning

The latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index suggests that people who borrow large amounts of money to fund a genuine investment are generally happier than those with lowe...

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