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Planners face higher PI fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) dispute resolution scheme overhaul means financial planners may be forced to pay higher professional indemnity premiums and their clients could face higher fees. The new rules mean that from ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... firm's resolve to implement the UN PRI into the firm's investment process. "They're always going to be people who want to focus on other things besides ESG amid the crisis - I don't think they're right. The GFC has highlighted where we can end up if ...

Investors to regain capital from axed fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... believe that on the back of an equities rebound in Asia and mergers and acquisitions activity, it makes sense to have a focus on Asian property stocks," he said.

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
More people are hopping online to get insurance, a new survey shows. A new Allianz survey of 325 of its clients noted that over 80 per cent of its clients did not want to see a financial planner to take out life insurance. The main reasons for choosing ...

New chapter for DST Global Solutions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... Solutions, Business Process Solutions and Customer Lifecycle Management (including billing and output). Each business line would focus on target market segments and tailor solutions to them. Under this new structure, the Australian operations will report ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... recorded around $2 billion in net cashflows to the firm's superannuation and pension business last year and announced a focus on simpler, transparent products in the long term. AMP Financial Services' net cashflows were up $81 million in the first quarter ...

Mercer and MLC top IC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... we outperformed during the quarter from a manager perspective is Walter Scott & Partners performed very well with their focus on quality companies. Wellington and [separately], Capital also performed strongly," he said. The report said implemented consultants ...

Aviva targets SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... the whole advice process not just providing a product. "It's really revolutionary in that we're trying to not to limit the focus on the insurance piece because ultimately insurance may not be a solution. We're really keen to position those advisers as ...

TAAM strategy scores mandate boost

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... chose Asian equities," he said. The fund doubled their weighting to the sector, and backed TAAM's bottom up strategy with a focus on liquid mid to large cap stocks by increasing their existing mandate with the fund manager. Another mandate from an Australian ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Generally positive reactions by wealth managers to the second Rudd-Swan federal budget indicate the industry increasingly knows its place in the political landscape. Driving the mooted reaction is how kind the Treasurer Wayne Swan was to the superannuation ...