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Funeral arrangements for Synchron's Paul Riegelhuth

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
The funeral for Paul Riegelhuth, founder and director of financial services provider Synchron, who died following an accident in his home, will take place on Friday 10 May in Melbourne. Julie Bennett, Synchron's public relations representative said ...

Industry pays tribute to Paul Riegelhuth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Paul Riegelhuth, founder and director of financial services provider Synchron, has died following an accident at his Melbourne home. Fellow Directors at Synchron, Don Trapnell and John Prossor, expressed their sorrow at the news. "We have lost not only ...

MAIB appoints Towers Watson to manage $1.2bn in investments

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Peter Roche, CEO of the Tasmanian-based Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB), recently announced the appointment of Towers Watson as the asset consultant for its $1.2 billion investment portfolio following a robust tender process. Commencing in January ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Economists like predicting the future and so as 2012 draws to a close, what will be the big themes of 2013 for Australian institutional investors? The first one will be that Australia, as a fundamentally nervous nation, will continue to do all it can ...

Soft-skills critical to maximising adviser value-add

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The only adviser role more important than helping clients at claim-time is the front-end work necessary to help them adequately protect for a myriad of life events directly outside their control, according to financial adviser David Baccinelli. Presenting ...

Prepare now for MySuper revenue siege: MLC's Doust

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Given that MySuper is a major game-changer in the way corporate super advisers earn a living, Neale Doust head of sales and relationship management at MLC Business Super suggests they invest sufficient time working how they'll survive once the brave ...

CommInsure raises red flag about underinsurance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
An overwhelming amount of Australians would rather increase their savings or pay bills than take out insurance which places them in danger of needing to refinance their mortgage - or even worse sell their home - if they are out of work for more that ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
This isn't supposed to happen. Have you seen the headlines over the past 24 hours? There was bad news almost everywhere from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless ...

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... of the government in refusing to include ISDS provisions in Free Trade Agreements. Peter Anderson, chief executive of the ACCI said investors will be put off opportunities in emerging markets without secure legal frameworks with enforceable rights. "The ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... called for a 50 basis point cut in the official cash rate instead. Never mind the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) or the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) or the Housing Industry Association (HIA) or the National Retail Association's ...