Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 201 - 210 of 1102 results for Elise Burgess

Tablets top adviser Christmas wish list: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
One in three financial advisers will buy or receive a smart phone or tablet this Christmas according to a Zurich survey, which concluded that the gap between technology and financial advice is closing. The online survey, conducted by Zurich Financial ...

Women in Super scholarship winner announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Cathy Powell, an employer services representative at BUSS(Q), has won the $10,000 Women in Super 2012 Global Dialogue Scholarship. Selected by a panel of senior Women in Super (WIS) members including Fiona Reynolds from Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

AIA Australia launches life product upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Life insurance provider AIA Australia has upgraded its priority protection product to include severe diabetes as a crisis event under its benefits listings in response to skyrocketing cases in the Australian population. It is reported that some 275 ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian financial advisers should not fear the ongoing European debt crisis if they play their cards right, according to PIMCO's US-based head of global and emerging markets product management, David Fisher. Speaking to Australian advisers last week ...

Govt releases intra-fund advice rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has released details of the new superannuation trustee requirements around the delivery of intra-fund advice, today revealing certain advice areas excluded from the service. While intra-fund advice will cover any general ...

Zurich names NSW regional life sales mngr

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Zurich Financial Services' NSW senior business development manager, Stuart Meyers, has been promoted to NSW regional sales manager for life risk to build Zurich's adviser network. To date, Meyers was responsible for managing adviser relationships and ...

Merger and new CEO for FMD

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Two FMD Group independent planning practices are set to merge with news that FMD Financial and Reynolds Williams and Associates will merge on December 1. Former Perpetual Private Wealth executive, Lee Wapling, will head up the firm. The FMD Group has ...

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... shaping this sector for 2012, with borrowing, auditors and sector growth impacting on the entire super industry. Peter Burgess, technical director for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), told Financial Standard ...

AFS acquires QLD planning practice

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Australian Financial Services Group has added a new independent planning practice to its ranks, acquiring QLD-based practice Alps Network to expand the Group's presence in Queensland. Already integrated into the Australian Financial Services Group Limited ...

Towers Watson names new head of wealth mngt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Towers Watson has hired former CBA heavyweight, Danny Howell, as its new head of wealth management in Asia in a bid to strengthen its advisory services. Prior to joining Towers Watson, Howell was general manager for Commonwealth Bank's North Asia, responsible ...