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Fiducian acquires three fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... expand our services as well as bring new blood into the business." As part of its overall business strategy, Fiducian have plans to acquire further financial planning firms. We are not into making huge acquisitions said Singh, but steady simple ones ...

AMP launches group insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... stand-alone AMP and AXA group products, such as a minimum plan size of 10 and relaxing underwriting requirement for larger plans. Bergin explained that offering a low minimum plan size means AMP Group Insurance can fulfill the needs of small groups of ...

AMP to take full ownership of Futuro

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
AMP has outlined plans to take full ownership of independently owned Futuro Financial Services (FFS) and merge the advice business with its own dealer group Charter Financial Planning by 2017. In March, AMP acquired a 10% stake in the advice business ...

ANZ CEO sells shares to fund debt, tax

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... of 1,172,370 ordinary shares, said ANZ. ANZ has frozen the salary of its top executives and earlier this year announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs in 2012 in an effort to protect profits. ANZ recently posted an un-audited underlying profit for the nine-month ...

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... opening up 60 franchises by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation within the next three years. Michael Russell chief ...

IAS renews partnership with SS&C

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... "Australia's wealth management requirements can be challenging for overseas firms and many global software providers have had their plans and dreams dashed on the rocks of the country's capital gains tax and imputation credits. "Too many international ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... its monthly report), said "nein" to Draghi's plan, released the same day as the "Der Spiegel" magazine scoop that the ECB plans to buy government bonds to place a cap on yields to a pre-set premium over German bunds. Yep, you know where there is going ...

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... from their holidays - there's some stirring going on from there again. Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported that the ECB plans to buy government bonds to place a cap on yields to a pre-set premium over German bunds. Yippee ki yay! This would put a ...

Wealth down as ANZ posts $4.5bn profit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... to keep pace with costs rises this year. ANZ has frozen the salary of its top executives and earlier this year announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs in 2012 in an effort to protect profits.

Life readies for new cap increases

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... APRA's review. The new capital standards for all life and general insurance businesses will be announced in October, after plans for the LAGIC review were first unveiled in May 2009. APRA's guidelines aim to align insurers and banks, preparing insurance ...