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Financial planning

The St George Bank has ended month’s of speculation, announcing that it had sold its investment research arm, Assirt, to Standard & Poors....

Financial planning

The financial planning arm of the HSBC bank has signed the Aviva-owned Navigator master trust as one of only three preferred platforms for its advisers....

Financial planning

NZ-based life insurance and investment management firm Tower Group has been given the all-clear to proceed with the spin-off of its Australian Wealth Management business ...

Life/Risk

Zurich Financial Services chief executive Tom Brown has been appointed to the board of the representative body for general insurers, the Insurance Council of Australia....

Financial planning

Suncorp has signalled it expects to post a 13 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for its wealth management business for the six months to December 2004 and has upgraded ...

Financial planning

Investments in life insurance grew by 11 per cent over the year to September 2004 according to the latest statistics from Melbourne based research group Plan For Life....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has announced that it will hold another round of industry consultation on choice of fund, after new draft regulations outlining the implementation ...

Financial planning

Understanding clients’ needs and helping them achieve their financial goals is the bedrock of Jo Tuck’s practice....

Financial planning

Print Super has bolstered its position in the corporate superannuation outsourcing stakes with the launch late last week of a new public offer vehicle - mychoice....

Financial planning

The financial services industry has been given yet another extension by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to comply with its new dollar disclosure regim...

Life/Risk

Australians should receive a minimum of one dollar per week of death insurance cover and the Government must do more to educate the public about the potential pitfalls as...

Financial planning

Queensland’s largest private sector superannuation fund, the $5 billion Sunsuper, has appointed listed financial services firm Snowball Group to provide education and fin...

Financial planning

Agriculture finance specialist Rabobank has set its sights on the growing market for advice in rural areas, after moving to take full ownership of its financial planning ...

Financial planning

ING Australia has finalised the restructure of its distribution operations with the appointment today of Sealcorp director of distribution and sales Dan Powell into the n...

Life/Risk

Commission disclosure under Financial Services Reform is contributing to Australia’s chronic underinsurance problem rather than alleviating it and driving churning betwee...

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