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St George names new planning heads in strategy push

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... midst of a strategy push to bring more financial planning services to Victoria. Ian Knight will be head of financial planning for Bank of Melbourne. His responsibilities will include bringing planners numbers from approximately 10 up to 50 within three ...

OnePath arms planners with post FOFA program

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... According to recent figures from Roy Morgan Research, 66% of Australians that have superannuation have not started planning for retirement, including more than one million in the 50-64 age range. The research house also found that there was very little ...

Snowball Shadforth planning for a FOFA future

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
The merged entity of planning groups Snowball and Shadforth will be FOFA equipped and ready. Shadforth shareholders have made it official this week and accepted the Snowball offer, with over 90% of votes in favour of the merger. The two non-aligned ...

Advisers missing retirement planning bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... superannuation expect it to be their main source of income in retirement, only a small minority of them are actively planning for how they will achieve this goal. The contradiction is so entrenched that figures from the report imply that only 8 per cent ...

FPA urge Treasury to revise legis

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Financial Planning Association's annual FPA Week starts on Monday 23 May with a focus on opening doors into the world of planning for consumers and generating interest in the field.

Russell moves into industry fund admin

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Russell to help it provide new services and benefits to its members. The new initiatives include intra-fund financial planning for members, automatic teller machine access for Prime Super's pension product and a member education program. Lachlan Baird ...

Church ministers urged to save

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Church ministers and pastors across Australia will receive advice on planning for retirement as Christian Super runs regular 'boot camps' following its New South Wales event this month. The $552 million fund gave presentations to nineteen Church of ...

AMP rides subdued market with solid growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... predicted the proposed AXA/AMP merger, still subject to shareholder approval, would accelerate the company's growth. "The planning for the proposed merger with AXA APH is on track and we're looking forward to the opportunity to create a new competitive ...

Bank lends aid to fin planning businesses

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... confident that any negative impact will be minimal. "I think good businesses won't be affected, it's just a case of planning for the future and making sure everything is in place prior to the legislation coming into play," he said.

More to retirement than super: planner

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... 30,000 people in 26 countries, concluded retirement planning is being left too long by most individuals. AXA said planning for retirement should start in people's 30s, not their 50s, which is the current standard of practice. "Our survey found 73 per ...