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Zurich extends political risk insurance to EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia is providing political risk insurance for carbon credit projects in the emerging markets for the first time. This development will protect companies against risk of a range of government actions that might prevent ...

ING buys Pinnacle Partners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... The dealer group will be integrated into the ING Australia owned Millennium3, which bought Zurich Financial Services Australia's advice and insurance group Financial Lifestyle Solutions (FLS) last week. Pinnacle Partners consists of 13 practices including ...

ING snaps up Zurich advisory group

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has sold its 141-strong advice and insurance broker advisory group Financial Lifestyle Solutions (FLS) to ING-owned Millennium3 Financial Services. Millennium3 is one of Australia's largest financial services ...

Zurich ramps up sales

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed two senior sales executives to its investments team. Kristine Wade has been appointed national sales manager, investments, and will bring over 12 years sales experience in the financial services sector ...

Retirees short on yield

... retirement as domestic and overseas share markets continue their strong performance, according to a Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) report. As BRIC economies continue their fast growth, the report found competition for high yield products ...

Having another crack at online mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... consultants and is fielding between 200 and 400 applications a week. Loan processing is outsourced to Loan Services Australia. "There are lots of things that can go wrong when you get into a mortgage. The secret to delivering a great customer experience ...

To tailor or not to tailor

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... risk drowning in a sea of disorganisation, according to Darren Wise, managing director of Financial Planning Services Australia. He said some planners' desire to tailor portfolios for each and every client meant some could end up overwhelmed and in trouble ...

RBC Dexia breaks into unit registry

... supports the future growth of their companies," said Scott MacDonald, Managing Director of RBC Dexia Investor Services Australia. He added that the platform is beneficial not only for fund managers based in Australia and the Asia Pacific region but also ...

Another stellar year for the index

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... bull run - 26.4 per cent in 2004 and 23.9 per cent in 2005. Jason Hill, director of Standard & Poor's Index Services Australia who partners with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to construct the index, said a further highlight was the index "breaking ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... groups or whether they should set up on their own, said Darren Wise, managing director of Financial Planning Services Australia (FPS). "Some adviser practices are charging up to $400,000 a year to their dealer groups. It's forcing advisers to really ...