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Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... also dropped commission-based insurance advice. Like Godfrey Pembroke, the firm will rebate all commission fees back to the owner of the insurance policy. They would then charge a fixed fee on year one for setting up the insurance policy and then a set ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... firmer at $3.72 at 1208 AEST while David Jones shares had risen one cent to $4.70. Among other key retail stocks, Coles owner Wesfarmers was 13 cents lower at $31.82 and rival Woolworths had eased 36 cents to $28.42.

UK pensions call for greater FM engagement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
A UK pension fund association that represents more than $1 trillion has put the world's fund managers on notice and demanded they take their role as shareholders far more seriously. Lindsay Tomlinson, chair at the National Association of Pension Funds ...

AXA Asia Pac shares on trading halt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
The countdown to the possible new owner of AXA Asia Pacific begins in earnest after the group requested a trading halt on its shares before noon today, ahead of a company announcement and a day before ACCC releases its findings on the AMP proposal. ...

MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... company three months after Tassin Barnard, the previous chief executive, left to pursue other interests, including being the owner of the Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park. In a separate development, Metlife is to buy one of American International Group ...

Resolution revamps manager roles

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... Anni Hu, as an analyst. While Hartigan stepped down from his role as co-portfolio manager, he remains a director and part owner of the business. This restructure resulted in Standard & Poor's Fund Services assigning a four-star rating to the Resolution ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
US institutional investors and experts have banded together to offer lawmakers a list of "do's and don'ts" in governance reforms as the Senate Banking Committee mulls over a bill by chairman Christopher Dodd to plug regulatory gaps exposed by the GFC. ...

Planners open up to Hamilton Securities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Planners are increasingly in talks with Hamilton Securities, the firm making a takeover bid for debentures of the Timbercorp Orchard Trust - but the question on many planners' minds is what the firm will do with the debentures should they win the bid. ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Eight super funds, including AustralianSuper, are spearheading the move to better assess climate change risks on long-term returns, but the industry, as a whole, is still moving at a glacial pace on all thing carbon, a survey shows. The joint survey ...

ABCs of advice at MLC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
MLC is launching its own advice business school to help salaried advisers branch out on their own and succeed in their business. According to a press statement, the MLC Advice Business School provides the training and support necessary for a salaried ...