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AMP posts 47pc growth in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
AMP has announced solid full year cashflows for 2007, including a whopping 47 per cent growth in its financial services business, which includes the firm's retail and wholesale superannuation divisions. AMP's underlying profit increased 10 per cent ...

Centrelink lends hand on fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Centrelink has tweaked its financial literacy program to reflect new changes to superannuation and tax rules. While many finance institutions have joined the financial literacy trail only in the past few years, Centrelink has been providing free financial ...

ESSSuper to offer fin planning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
ESSSuper joins a growing band of superannuation funds that are offering flat fee financial planning and accumulation products to encourage members to stay with the fund even after their retirement. Michelle Boucher, general manager of member relationships ...

Fin planning uptake doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The number of people who fully follow their planner's advice have doubled compared to last year but the industry still has a long way to go, according to a new survey. ING Australia commissioned Nielsen to survey over 700 consumers and 300 financial ...

Fin Wisdom shuffles team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Financial Wisdom Premium's Victorian and Tasmanian regional manager, Tim Van Leeuwen, has become national operations manager, after previous head Matthew Brown took on additional responsibilities at Colonial First State. Van Leeuwen has been in the ...

ADPIA lobbies for fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
A property association representing $20 billion of investor assets has joined the industrywide call for better investor education after thousands of mum-and-dads lost $1 billion on high yield but high risk investment products. Speaking at a conference ...

Labour calls for fin services tax reforms

Chris Bowen, Labor's Shadow Assistant Treasurer, has said that a Labor Government would introduce tax reforms to help Australia become the centre of funds management in Asia. Speaking at the Investment & Financial Services Association's (IFSA) annual ...

Fin Synergy welcomes new exec

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
Software developer Financial Synergy has announced the appointment of a new general manager consulting and business development for its Acurity division. Tim Percy brings more than 17 years experience in IT and management consulting to the role and ...

Become fin services hub or miss the boat: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Australia's funds management industry needs to establish itself as a global financial services hub or risk missing out on large future economic gains, according to a reporty by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). According to the ...

Fin services not delivering

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
Ten years after the Wallis financial system inquiry, the industry has failed to deliver on its promise and continues to lag the rest of the economy while it has also become an export failure, highlighting that the inquiry really delivered very few tangible ...