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Collins challenges planner model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... business remained profitable. "More than 20 years ago we saw the demise of insurance agents because they didn't change with the times and that insurance selling model had been around for many decades, longer than financial planning's been around," he ...

AXA halves adviser PI expense

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... into effect this year. Anecdotal evidence suggests that PI costs for many dealer groups have increased by as much as ten times, an extra compliance expense passed on to individual advisers.

Bank fees jump three-times inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... total fees last year, recording a jump of 8 per cent which is the biggest increases since 2003. The jump is almost three-times the inflation rate. While critics believe the figures highlight how banks exploit their competitive position, the Reserve said ...

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... general manager of wealth protection products, said the firm's technology improvements focus on reducing insurance application times. "It's all about the ease of getting business on the books. People lose interest through the process, once it gets hard ...

Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... still only slightly above 4 per cent as well while retail spending is yet to slow down in any meaningful way. The Canberra Times reported the story on Saturday, saying that almost all the Surplus is expected to be channelled into the new fund. Speculation ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... more associations with service providers, a figure that is double that for directors of corporate funds and almost three times that for public sector or industry funds," noted APRA. Highlighting the difference in how trustees or directors are appointed ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... ban on food futures. The comments by the Indian government's finance minister, P Chidambaram, reported in the Financial Times, raise equal fears that it might set back the development of India's financial markets. The move illustrates how seriously the ...

Money for Living practice is not RM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... who own their home to borrow against the equity. In a reverse mortgage, a retiree maintains ownership of their home at all times and no repayments are required during the loan term with interest and fees rolled up into the loan balance. The reverse mortgage ...

Inflation smashes through 4 pct barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... Highlighting the flashpoint, the ABS has reported that the March quarter rise at 1.3 per cent was almost one and a half times the 0.9 per cent December quarter rise. Meanwhile the special CPI time series for the ABS prepares for the Reserve Bank has ...

Super funds to resurrect ailing RMBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... called on the Government to 'instruct' super funds to use a proportion of their funds to buy RMBS, according to a Canberra Times article. The same paper reported that Members Equity has called on its shareholders - the major industry super funds - to ...