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BT earnings up despite floods

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... insurance claims. Westpac expects insurance claims to continue to increase as the impact of the flooding in Brisbane and Victoria, as well as Cyclone Yasi, continues to unravel. These claims are expected to reach $30 million in 2Q11. The bank did, however ...

Infocus to grow NSW base

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Management. "With the way the market is developing we feel we need that scale, and the market is enormous in NSW, just as with Victoria, so we ideally want 50 offices in both state." Steinhardt said that first they will hire a new regional BDM to focus ...

Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Every industry needs game changers - a select crowd that stirs the pot or keeps raising the bar for everyone else. In financial services, they can be found within the ranks of the innovators and the pioneers. Early next month the Australian Centre for ...

ACFS names award finalists

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
Aviva Investors, Australian Ethical Investment and Colonial First State are among the fund managers in the running for this year's MFSS 2011 Investment Stewardship Award. The award, hosted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) and sponsored ...

Ponzi scheme operator jailed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
The sole director of failed Melbourne-based loan and mortgage broking business, Victorian Finance Broking Services (VFBS), has been sentenced to four years and nine months imprisonment following an ASIC investigation. Hazel Bucello plead guilty to five ...

AXA elevates RACV for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
AXA Australia's latest coup is an exclusive deal with car insurer Royal Automotive Club of Victoria (RACV), which gives advisers another channel to reach a broader client base. Under the agreement, AXA advisers have the opportunity to access RACV's ...

AFA launch QLD flood appeal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... chair Brian Boggs said the foundation extends its support to the victims of the floods currently affecting Queensland, Victoria and Northern NSW. "I think the AFA and the advisory community have a responsibility as part of the wider community to show ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... fetching more, it's gonna be a good set of numbers. Well yes, yes, yes until... it poured... and flooded in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. Queensland was most devastated with the flood drowning about 75 per cent of the state. The toll on human ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... morning trade, losing 0.3 per cent by noon as investors digested the possible economic effects of floods in Queensland, Victoria and NSW. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.3 points lower, by 0.34 per cent, at 4,785.2 points, while the ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a model for assisting dealer groups and financial planners affected by the QLD flood crisis - and the same model is being adopted by its insurer members. FSC members are currently paying, in advance ...