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Asteron Life completes $10m platform upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Asteron Life has continued its product rollout targeting the independent adviser market, with the completion of a $10m technology upgrade to its Asteron Life Complete platform. Jordan Hawke, Asteron Life executive general manager, adviser distribution ...

Asteron Life launches adviser friendly package

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
Life insurance specialist Asteron Life has launched a new insurance package aimed at making life easier for independent financial advisers in the life risk business. Asteron Life Complete includes a simplified income protection range with reduced pricing ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Celebrity investor Warren Buffett has reminded investors that they and their clients only make money if they buy assets that go up in value and avoid assets that don't. Writing an opinion piece for CNN Money magazine, Buffett, regarded as a leader among ...

Astarra auditor banned for three years

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Astarra Strategic Fund auditor, Timothy Frazer, is prevented from auditing companies for three years, after ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking that he would not act as a registered company auditor during that time. The Australian Securities and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following positive moves on Wall Street and most European markets after Greek ministers tentatively agreed on austerity measures needed for a 130-billion-euro ($A160 billion) bailout package. At 0825 AEDT ...

Trio super victims receive compensation

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
More than $54 million in compensation is set to be pumped into the super accounts of over 5,000 people whose retirement savings were defrauded in the collapse of Trio Capital from today. The government is granting the financial assistance to members ...

Suncorp Life combines life risk, super and investments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
Suncorp Life has created a new product and services business unit by combining its life risk and superannuation and investments functions under one roof, which has also seen a reshuffle of management staff. Headed up by executive general manager Sean ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australian shares surged 1.6 per cent after key offshore bourses rallied on the back of Europe's latest plan to address its economic crisis. All 17 of the eurozone countries on Friday agreed to a "fiscal compact" to create tighter budgetary rules for ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Australian shares gained 0.5 per cent after Italy announced $26 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts as it strives to avoid an economic meltdown. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25.5 points, or 0.59 per cent, at 4,313.5 ...

Guardian Advice reveals succession planning strategy

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Asteron aligned dealer group Guardian Advice has revealed details of its Business Acquisition and Succession Planning offer available to its advisers. Developed in March on the back of Ian Anderson appointment as the firm's business acquisition manager ...