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Challenger International has acquired UK property asset Senator House as part of a diversification strategy by the group....
Financial planning
Former high profile National Australia Bank executive Trevor Matthews recently took the helm of Canadian-based Manulife Financial's Japanese operations after heading up i...
Financial planning
Nearly three quarters of financial planners are selling or recommending life and risk products, according to a survey commissioned by ING....
Editorial
Royal & SunAlliance Australia has reported a $69 million end of year profit for its financial services division, and a continued positive performance in its asset managem...
Financial planning
ING’s financial planners will be able to move further into the realm of life and risk insurance after a software deal was signed by ING and PlanTech Consulting....
Financial planning
Investec has made a further push into southern hemisphere financial services with the acquisition of a business in Australia and planned acquisition of a firm in South Af...
Financial planning
The proposed disclosure requirement for commission paid on risk products contained in the Financial Services Reform Bill has reignited the debate on commission disclosure...
Financial planning
Life insurance companies in New Zealand are battling to win over brokers following the merger of Sovereign and Colonial. ...
Financial planning
“We’ve been together for ten years and all the original members are still on board. We are often asked how we have managed to keep working together for this long because ...
Financial planning
AMP has turned around it’s $424 million loss in 1999 to post an after tax profit of $1.1 billion for the year 2000....
Financial planning
SJP Insurance has spawned a financial planning dealer group to house the group’s 200 life agents and brokers. Strategic Joint Partners, the financial planning division ...
Financial planning
Genetic testing is likely to remain at the forefront of issues facing the life insurance industry over the next decade. Aaron Driver reports on how the major players are ...
Financial planning
UK financial services group Halifax has paid one billion pounds ($A2.68 billion) for troubled British insurer Equitable Life....
Financial planning
Mortgage broking wholesaler Australian Finance Group (AFG) is considering listing on the Australian Stock Exchange to capitalise on the explosive growth in the mortgage b...
Financial planning
Prudential has secured a foothold in the world’s largest life insurance market with the $A357 million purchase of Orico Life Insurance in Japan....
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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...