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Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... said. "I look forward to helping our younger advisers navigate those changes." The AFA said the recent national GenXt roadshow attracted more than1300 attendees. "That's a fantastic endorsement of what we do for our younger advisers," said Reigelhuth ...

AXA releases new North

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AXA has officially launched its next generation of the North platform, revealing the upgrade to over 2,000 advisers on its roadshows this week. As previously reported by Financial Standard, the North's new generation platform builds on the capital guaranteed ...

Risk advisers embrace social media

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... are active on LinkedIn, a survey found. Zurich Life polled 700 life risk advisers at a recent national product update roadshow to better understand their use of social media for work and personal reasons. Of advisers polled, 25 per cent said they frequent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... Commission's (ACCC) bid to prevent Metcash Ltd's $215 million takeover of Franklins continues in the Federal Court. Village Roadshow Ltd was listed to hold a general meeting. On Wednesday, the Australian stock market closed higher on gains among oil ...

AXA Aus preps for next phase of North

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... AXA's staff over the past four years. Emery and Meller plan to release the new North platform at an upcoming national roadshow. Around 2,000 advisers are expected to attend.

FPA to reset membership criteria

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association is seeking to restrict its membership with constituents to vote on the proposals in April. After June this year only practicing financial planners will be able to join the association as members with practice owners ...

No $900 slug for planners: FPA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association said it won't be asking financial planners to pay increased fees of $900 under its proposed new fee structure. Fears about fee hikes for individual planners surfaced this morning after a news story in a trade publication ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Jeremy Cooper, the newly appointed chair of Challenger Retirement Income, spoke at an adviser roadshow about the threats of longevity, inflation and market risks on retirement savings, raising concerns that most portfolios are too equities-focused in ...

AMP steps up adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... real-time binding quotation from AMP in Risk Researcher. The upgrade program has been timed to co-incide with an AMP roadshow briefing advisers about how the expected government FOFA reforms will impact the industry Dan Powell, director of independent ...

Challenger boutiques and annuities enjoy strong half year

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
Challenger has upgraded its growth targets for its funds management and life sales business after posting record returns this morning. In the group's half yearly 2011 results, Challenger's total assets under management rose 8 per cent to $25.8 billion ...