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Intl wealth mgmt sector rallies

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... chief executive and chairman, JPMorgan Chase. The funds will be allocated across the next few weeks following a full assessment of the earthquake's damage. JPMorgan Chase & Co has $2.1 trillion in assets across over 60 countries. Goldman Sachs Group ...

ASIC clampdown on poor business models in advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will introduce tough measures - including suspension or cancellation of licences - against financial advice groups that have turned complacent on their compliance and dispute resolution policies. ...

BT Life fast tracks claims

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... delivering on a promise that financial advisers have made to their clients. Part of the promise is to make the claims assessment process simple and painless," Taweel said. BT tele-claims was a joint winner for the 2010 Plan for Life/AFA Risk Insurance ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... manufacturing index to 61.4 in February, the highest since May 2004." Neither did it dwell too much on Big Benny's positive assessment on the economy and inflation. It simply didn't fit yesterday's spin - that Wall Street is doomed! Bloomberg even quoted ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... entirely different. The story would read like this. "Wall Street ignored Middle East tensions, buoyed by Bernanke's upbeat assessment on the economy and little concern over inflation." Big Ben told the US Senate Banking Committee that he's not perturbed ...

Cbus to shut down 'capital guaranteed' option, renames default

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... investment consultant Tim Ridley took over as Cbus' investment strategy manager in November 2010 to provide economic assessment, investment risk management and portfolio construction for the fund. Capital Guaranteed funds became more prevalent during ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... immediate cover and access to an in-house chief medical officer. Additionally, a teleclaims' service facilitates a claims assessment over the phone without forms and signatures. Other insurance providers also provide many, if not all, of these features ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Australia Super Fund maintained a minimum two per cent lead in both a five-year and seven-year superannuation industry assessment while other funds moved around the leader board. Meanwhile, Shell Australia emerged during the two-year space between assessments ...

Proposed tax rules to help instalment warrants investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
The minister for financial services, Bill Shorten, has expanded the range of assets covered by the income tax look-through treatment for instalment warrants. The Government has decided to broaden the look-through treatment of instalment warrants for ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... advance, a portion of life cover to affected parties on a case-by-case basis. Flood claims are being fast-tracked through assessment while there are negotiations for special arrangements in policy administration including receipt of renewal notices and ...