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Zurich expands super and allocated pension menus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced six new investment options available for the Zurich Superannuation Plan and Allocated Pension. The six new investment options are the ING Wholesale Capital Stable Trust, the Perpetual Wholesale Balanced ...

Zurich Australia appoints head of technical

Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former ING national technical manager, Jennifer Brookhouse, to the role of head of technical services. Barry Tomkinson, general manager of Zurich Australia's Investment Management and Life, said Brookhouse's ...

AFS begins restructure

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... profitability, efficiency and financial viability of AFS practices and advisers. Peer joins AFS from Zurich Financial Services where he was manager of practice management. Daly said AFS had gone from "strength to strength" over the last two years, but ...

Multiport SMSF receives UK pension roll-over approval

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) rules for their SMSF offering. Earlier this week Zurich Financial Services Australia announced that its wrap services had been granted similar approval. The UK legislation holds that roll-overs from ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... was chief financial officer for ZAIL between November 1999 and November 2001. On 25 May 2005 ZAIL and Zurich Financial Services Australia entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA over their activities around two financial reinsurance transactions ...

It's a wrap for UK pensions: Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced that its wrap services are all stamped as 'Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes' (QROPS) which will allow UK migrants to transfer their funds to Australia without heavy tax penalties. In April ...

Zurich appoints Denning Pryce to manage new income fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced the appointment of a specialist derivatives manager for its new income fund. Denning Pryce, a Sydney based boutique manager specializing in listed equity and derivatives based funds management, has been ...

Zurich appoints ex-CommInsure risk expert

Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former CommInsure chief underwriter, Lindy Rule, as the new chief underwriter in the life risk division. Zurich Australia's head of life risk, Andrew McKee, said Rule's position fulfills an important ...

Zurich head of planning switches hats

Zurich Financial Services has appointed its former head of planning as the new head of risk management and compliance. Geoff Copp was previously Zurich Australia's head of planning and business practices in general insurance. He has spent 19 years at ...

Fees versus commission not an issue

... an online survey which found that majority of financial planners say it's disclosure that counts. A Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich Australia) online survey of financial advisers has found that 58 per cent said whether their services are ...