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Product-based fees create conflict

Financial planners will not be recognised as true professionals for as long as 'product-based' remuneration models exist, according to discussion papers released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The Institute has used an ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The bancassurance model is alive and well. The Commonwealth Bank's life and general insurance business, Comminsure, has moved to do its own underwriting on its car insurance product because it believes it can get greater value out of its retail network ...

IOOF improves insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
IOOF has taken the bold step of automatically arranging up to $200,000 of death, total and permanent disablement cover for non-insured members and increasing the insurance cover of existing members by up to 30 per cent. Starting next year, members are ...

India calls for better financial services

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
Consumption expenditure in India accounts for 62 per cent of GDP placing it in the same league as developed nations like the US and Australia, highlighting that high-value consumer sectors such as financial services could be big investment opportunities ...

CommBank buys IWL

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Commonwealth Bank has taken over broking technology provider IWL, dismissing the company's board and replacing chief executive Otto Buttula. The purchase became final after the Victorian Supreme Court authorised court orders lodged by IWL on Friday. ...

Epoch boutique heads Down Under

A top performing US-based international boutique is coming to Australia in two weeks as part of an exclusive distribution deal with Grant Samuel Funds Management, a new multi-affiliated fund manager headed by ex-Credit Suisse Asset Management head Andrew ...

Transition to retirement still a mystery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
More education is needed to ensure those approaching retirement age don't overlook the benefits of transition to retirement (TTR) strategies, according to Doug Webber, Macquarie private wealth national practice manager. During Macquarie's private wealth ...

SSgA launches Global Total Equity Returns in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
Harnessing investor appetite for products focusing on risk management, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is launching their Global Equity Total Return product into the Australian market. Arlene Rockefeller, CFA and senior managing director of global ...

Apostle adds global LPTs

Apostle Asset Management is tapping into the growing institutional demand for global listed property trusts (LPTs) after it signed a distribution deal with US-based property specialist AEW Capital Management. Apostle, formerly IXIS Asset Management ...

CBA links with German investment bank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
The Commonwealth Bank has signed a reciprocal agreement with German investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort to provide Dresdner's corporate clients with banking services in Australia and vice versa. The non-exclusive deal will mean both banks will act as ...