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AXA maintains 2012 planner recruitment target

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Financial planning giant AXA Financial Planning is looking to boost its adviser numbers with 40 new employees next year - and is hungry to add another 168 advisers by 2012. Paul Williams, national manager of AXA Financial Planning, said the firm had ...

Planner remuneration disclosure isn't working: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
The campaign to fix perceptions of adviser conflicts of interest has escalated into total war following ASIC's 184 page submission to the Ripoll Inquiry that asks the government to consider whether any form of remuneration from product manufacturers ...

Don't let the bears out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009

Govt aids anti-predatory lending laws

GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Finance brokers and certains lenders will need to comply with new responsible lending laws a year earlier than planned under the updated timetable of the government's proposed consumer credit reforms. Under the new deadlines, the responsible lending ...

Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia is calling for the introduction of a 'personal stress test' that would measure the impact of adverse events on a person's financial position to be part of the advice process. As part of its submission to the Ripoll ...

More info online for Rio Tinto

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund has introduced account summary, transaction history and contribution split information to make super access easier for members. The Rio Tinto fund, which had $2.3 billion at the end of June last year according ...

Westpac FP maintains focus on senior planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Westpac's financial planning division is running behind its aspirational target to recruit 200 senior financial planners over three years. Despite this setback, the group has no plans to change its umbrella strategy. Westpac Financial Planning's three ...

AMP Capital Investors block poor corp governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... the long term. For example, over the past six months, the group voted against 25 per cent of all share and option incentive plan resolutions including voting against those of Babcock & Brown Capital, Fortescue Metals and Roc Oil. The fund enumerated ...

Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Automatic underwriting, online transactions and website calculators are needed when it comes to risk insurance, but financial advisers won't use a provider if the contracts don't pay out when clients need it most. While the risk insurance industry is ...

Members vote for Lifeplan/Aus Unity merger

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... Australian Unity brand with the Lifeplan name continuing for the combined investment bond, funeral bond and education savings plan business, which will be based in Adelaide. Lifeplan chairman John Butler, who will join the Australian Unity board, said ...