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AXA releases new North

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AXA has officially launched its next generation of the North platform, revealing the upgrade to over 2,000 advisers on its roadshows this week. As previously reported by Financial Standard, the North's new generation platform builds on the capital guaranteed ...

BT targets advisers with contribution tracker

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
BT Wrap releases new product to help advisers monitor clients' super contributions, avoid excess penalties and take advantage of caps, as the deadline for 2011 declarations approaches. Around 60, 000 Australians were penalised for excess super contributions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from offshore markets, after Wall Street gave up early gains to finish lower, while oil and metals prices eased overnight. At 0710 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up four points at ...

Risk advisers embrace social media

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
Life risk advisers from Brisbane are the most prolific users of Twitter, with 11 per cent using the social media site, and a high 41 per cent are active on LinkedIn, a survey found. Zurich Life polled 700 life risk advisers at a recent national product ...

Count enters asset finance market

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
Count Financial's 350-firm network can now offer expanded asset finance services to small business clients after forming an alliance with Centrepoint Finance. Starting from 3 April, Count members will have access a higher number of asset finance lenders ...

Adviser remuneration debate sparks fly

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
The Association of Financial Advice (AFA) hits back at Industry Super Fund research claiming consumers save $82,000 by retirement age by avoiding financial adviser fees. According to the AFA, this research was designed to distract consumers from industry ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
A record breaking 16.5 per cent swing last weekend against the NSW Labor Party has the potential to derail many of the Gillard federal government's reforms, pushing a nervous federal government to pull more of its punches on major changes to the financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
The Australian stock looks more likely to decline after metals prices mostly fell, even though equity markets in the US and Europe closed higher. At 0855 AEDT, the June share price index contract was down nine points at 4764 points, on volume of 3,624 ...

Former MilitarySuper chief joins HOSTPLUS

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
HOSTPLUS sharpens focus on product and service development with the appointment of Paul Watson as executive manager, member and consumer choice. Watson is responsible for producing and implementing the $9 billion hospitality and tourism fund's strategic ...

Rogue trader banned for four years

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
A rogue forex trader has been banned for four years by Australia's corporate watchdog after fleecing the savings of six Gold Coast residents through a pooled fund. Andrew Mark Perkin must not provide any financial products or services under the enforceable ...