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Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
Treasurer Costello's 11th Budget will force financial advisers to focus on investments rather than taxes, attendees at an Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) lunch were told yesterday. In his 26th ASFA post-Budget speech, leading economist ...

Fidelity appoints new BDM

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... Keenan, a former business development manager with Colonial First State, will join the current sales team of seven and will focus on developing intermediary business relationships in both New South Wales and Queensland. Managing director of Fidelity ...

Aviva creates new unit to beef up distribution

Aviva has appointed three national distribution development managers (DDMs) in a newly- reated division. The new appointees are Adam McKenzie, Maria Mazur and John Ashton who will work within the distribution unit alongside the business development ...

NAB completes $575m insurance sale to AXA

... than two months ago. NAB's managing director and group chief executive John Stewart said at the time that they wanted to focus on their banking and wealth management services in Asia. He also stressed that the move will not affect the group's wealth ...

Virgin motors on with new chief

Virgin Money has appointed NRMA's David Wakeley as its new chief executive officer two months after the resignation of founding chief Rohan Gamble. "We were somewhat overwhelmed by the number of applications we had to wade through for the role and in ...

MLIM plugs holes left by recent departures

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has announced the appointment of two senior former Goldman Sachs JB Were (GSJBW) analysts to its Australian equities team. Just two weeks after three key staff - David Pace, Matthew Ryland and Marc Hester - walked ...

Allianz builds performance from the Grassroots

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... fund is a growth fund which also focuses on valuation. When assessing growth we target sustainable cash flow growth and focus on future relative growth rather than relying on historical performance." For the year to the end of March 2006 the Allianz ...

Lonsec, Rainmaker in software distribution deal

Lonsec Research has announced a deal with Rainmaker Information that will see it incorporate Rainmaker's web-based MarketPlace information platform into Lonsec's online financial planner research service. Steve Newnham, national marketing and distribution ...

Life insurers and 25 AFSL holders under ASIC microscope

... publication of ASIC's informative guide to reporting breaches. But a closer look at the actual data has allowed ASIC to focus its regulatory powers on some segments of the sector, such as life insurance. "We have identified life insurers as a particular ...

Ord Minnett appoints private client adviser

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
Ord Minnett has appointed a new private client adviser to operate out of its Brisbane office. Andrew Henderson stepped into the role on 1 May, having worked for Ord Minnett more than a decade ago. Don Chandler, head of the Brisbane office, said, "We ...