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Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... Australia but for insurers climate change has for many years already been an economic and business risk they have had to plan for. "Since climate change could lead to losses on a scale never before experienced, insurers are not waiting for researchers ...

BT flags wealth "land grab"

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
BT Financial has launched a new aligned dealer brand as part of the group's broader ambition to grow by securing a larger chunk of superannuation and life insurance assets. The new brand, BT Select, is a business-to-business group targeting multi-partner ...

Perpetual sells mortgage business

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Perpetual has reached an agreement to sell its mortgage processing business to FAF International Property Services Australia, an affiliate of First Mortgage Services. Plans to sell Perpetual Lenders Mortgage Services (PLMS) were announced as part of ...

PE firm makes ClearView bid

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
An Australian private equity manager has made an off-market takeover bid for all shares in ClearView Wealth Limited. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange this morning (ASX), Crescent Capital Partners (CCP) Management said it would make an ...

New corporate super boss at AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
AMP Financial Services has appointed Libby Roy as its new head of Corporate Superannuation. Roy will report to AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Meller and be responsible for driving AMP's corporate super strategy. "Libby brings extensive ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
"Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue." - Billy Joel, Honesty "There won't be a GST under the government I lead" promised Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... response to the latest news from the Federal Reserve. The major indexes fell into the red amid lingering doubts about a bailout plan for Spain, weak US business confidence figures and the expectation of mediocre earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Aust needs better PPP infra structures: Greiner

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... structured differently with different sorts of benefits, different liquidity requirements and so on." The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, which manages US$160bn has more than $6bn invested in Australia to which can be added the $1bn commitment ...

My Adviser offers accountants licensing package

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
My Adviser group has launched a specialist authority licensee package to enable accountants to continue to provide advice on SMSFs and superannuation following the changes to the accountant exemption in the FOFA reforms. Currently, accountants can provide ...

ClearView expands advice division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
ClearView Wealth Limited has expanded its advice division with the number of advisers in its dealer group increasing more than one-third since December. This expansion, announced via an ASX update, reflects ClearView's advice strategy which includes ...