Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 14631 - 14640 of 18284 results for "Plan"

Prime selects Praemium

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
Prime Financial Group has selected Praemium Limited as its direct equities administration platform. Praemium provides online portfolio administration service through its V-Wrap, p-Desktop and Separately Managed Account (SMA) technology to a range of ...

ANZ appoints ex-MLC as FP chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
ANZ has appointed Alan Logan to general manager of financial planning, ending its search after Mike Goodall's departure three months ago. The financial planning division has increased its planner numbers by 30 per cent in two years and has more than ...

Retirees short on yield

Australian retirees are struggling to find quality long term, high yield products to fund their retirement as domestic and overseas share markets continue their strong performance, according to a Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) report. ...

AMP grants $100,000 to Future2

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
AMP has thrown their support behind the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Future2 Foundation through a $100,000 donation. Corinne Dieters, trustee of Future2, said the foundation aimed to provide financial skills to young and disadvantaged Australians ...

Transparency in advice is key: Tucker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
To change the cultural perception of planners as product floggers and sales reps, the financial planning industry needs to re-configure the way advice is delivered to clients to include more transparency and understanding, said Steve Tucker, chief executive ...

Fujitsu spices up competition

... retention of its highly-respected directors as senior executives within Fujitsu Consulting, are key to Fujitsu's ambitious plan. Stephen Walker, a former principal consultant who led the Financial Services Industry practice at Gartner, will lead the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... financial sector. Banks and mortgage lenders were the standouts following a report that the US Treasury will soon unveil a plan to help stem the subprime mortgage crisis. Investors were also emboldened by the week's big drop in oil prices, which was ...

Reinventing financial planning

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
More Australians will seek financial advice if the financial planning industry goes through a fundamental structural reform and gets rid of commission-driven fees. Chartered accountant Robert M.C. Brown has written a discussion paper debunking some ...

Integrity Australian Share rated 'recommended'

Integrity Investment Management's newly launched fund, Integrity Australian Share, receives a recommended rating from Lonsec. In a report, Lonsec said it considers Integrity's investment team consisting of Paul Fiani, Shawn Burns, John Moran, and Marcus ...

The golden age of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
The post retirement sector is expected to grow at 27 per cent in the next five years, with the self managed super funds (SMSF) sector set to grow at nearly twice that rate, according to Andrew Gale, partner at Trowbridge Deloitte. Speaking at the Financial ...