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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...

Financial planning

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....

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

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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