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Instreet launches Link ARC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Boutique fund manager Instreet taps into investor demand for more exposure into the commodities sector with a new structured product called Link ARC (Absolute Returns from Commodities). This is the fourth product from Instreet's Link series, which has ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... insurance applications. Since late 2007, the group has acquired the highest market share in the independent financial adviser (IFA) channel, for retail stand alone new business.

OneVue buys 50pc of WealthCraft

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Homegrown tech firm OneVue casts its net overseas after wrapping up a deal to buy 50 per cent of Hong Kong-based wealth management platform provider, WealthCraft. The two organisations worked together to launch WealthCraft Pension Administration Service ...

AMP hires former ING Aus exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
AMP Financial Services has created a new role to cater for independent financial advisers and alliance partners, recruiting Dan Powell, formerly at ING Australia, to the position. Powell has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry. ...

High expectations, low satisfaction on super advice

ROY MORGAN RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
More people are satisfied with superannuation advice from accountants than from independent financial advisers (IFAs), the latest research from Roy Morgan shows. The firm tracked consumer satisfaction with the financial performance of superannuation ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Super funds run the risk of giving their fund members damaging financial advice if they don't address the "hidden traps" that come with the new intra-fund advice rules, warns a planning expert. Last month the federal government endorsed ASIC's decision ...

Oasis looks to SMAs and ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Following adviser feedback, platform provider Oasis Asset Management is looking to add exchange traded funds and separately managed accounts into its platform, while boosting its direct shares offering. Andrew Rawlinson, director of distribution at ...

The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... packages," said Peatey. However, unlike a newspaper report in the UK that said up to half of the independent financial adviser (IFA) industry would exit the sector following the reforms, Australian financial advisers are better placed to adopt. First ...

Tower upgrades Accelerate and TPP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Refined work definitions, broadened medical terms and technological upgrades - TOWER Australia is pumping up its Accelerate and Tower Protection Product to make life insurance more accessible for independent financial advisers and their clients. Both ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... manager ARCH Financial Products has bought a 48 per cent stake in one of the world's largest offshore independent financial adviser firms, Financial Partners Group. ARCH bought the stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice, in ...