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ANZ appoints ex-MLC as FP chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... its planner numbers by 30 per cent in two years and has more than $12.8 billion in funds under management. Logan worked at MLC for seven years, most recently as general manager of national practice management and Apogee Financial Planning. Prior to joing ...

Transparency in advice is key: Tucker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... the way advice is delivered to clients to include more transparency and understanding, said Steve Tucker, chief executive at MLC. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference, Tucker said the negative perceptions covered in the media ...

MLC calculates super insurance

Consumers may be ill-informed about their insurance but a new service from MLC could give them more insight on the after-tax costs of getting insurance cover. MLC has launched Super Insurance Modeller, which enables advisers to contrast the after-tax ...

RFM signs with InvestmentLink

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... advice networks, including AMP & Hillross, ABN Amro Morgans, Clearview Financial Planning, Professional Investment Services and MLC Financial Planning.

Financial Wisdom appoints head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... group's new South Australian practice development manager. Prior to joining Financial Wisdom, Zweck held similar positions at MLC Advice Solutions and ThreeSixty, as well as administrative roles with Garvan, Intervest Securities and AXA Funds Management. ...

Commissions could breach sole purpose test

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... regulated. Not the manager." He argued such discretion was a common global practice that should be allowed, given it allowed MLC to pay $70 million in unit pricing errors to investors. Financial Planning Association chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch also ...

MLC tailors critical illness underwriting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
MLC has strengthened its underwriting business by creating the Critical Illness-Special Risk tool and by hiring additional experts to help advisers. Tracey Crowe, chief underwriter at MLC, said the Critical Illness-Special Risk tool would allow MLC ...

Super switchers fall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... switched went through planners aligned with the six largest financial planning groups, including AMP, AXA, ING/ANZ, CBA/CFS, NAB/MLC and Westpac/BT. While the number of planners who recommended their own products decreased slightly for some, with AMP ...

NAB establishes new boutique incubator

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... company has specialised in wholesale Australian equities management to date, Thompson said they hoped to use the new NAB and MLC connections to establish themselves in the retail space. Northward will maintain its relationship with IAG, keeping it as ...

MLC reduces SOA burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
It's not quite wafer thin but MLC has reduced its Statement of Advice (SoA) templates by more than two-thirds shortly after the introduction of the 'Incorporation by Reference' legislation. The new law, which was introduced three months ago, mandated ...