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Financial Ombudsman Service launched

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given the thumbs up to the establishment of a new Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FOS will represent the merger of the three biggest complaints schemes operating in the financial ...

Planner To-Do list post Budget

Advisers overwhelmed by the initiatives unveiled in last night's Budget could do well by starting their client reviews on three major changes singled out by technical advice experts from Challenger and MLC. Challenger's head of technical services Alex ...

2020 Summit push for life long accounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
The wealth management industry may have been left off the 2020 Summit's guest list but that doesn't mean we were left out of the Summit's final report. The initial report outlining the summit's outcomes contains two key recommendations that could have ...

Escalator take up reach 50pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Only a year after Plum Financial Service introduced an 'opt out' super contributions scheme, half of their 82-strong clients are considering to adopt the policy. The Escalator Program was developed to encourage employees to contribute more to their ...

FPA to provide PI insurance to members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is calling for submissions to provide group indemnity insurance for its members by June this year. Jo-Anne Bloch, FPA chief executive, said prior to this action, planners would either find their own indemnity ...

Plan for Life and AFA award life industry Who's Who

Annuity and insurance heavyweights took centre stage at the Plan For Life / AFA Life Company of the Year 2007 Awards held in Sydney yesterday. CommInsure won the two top accolades, 2007 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award and the 2007 Annuity Provider ...

First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The proposal by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd for a "super style" savings scheme to help first home buyers save for a home has drawn strong support from the superannuation industry already champing at the bit to get involved. The proposal works by letting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after a directionless lead from Wall Street and falls in base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was down 19 points at 6207. Today, the Australian ...

CommInsure in $1.2b insurance bonanza

Commonwealth Bank-owned insurance giant CommInsure will reward around 40,000 of its clients with $1.2 billion in extra life insurance cover under a new loyalty bonus scheme. The Loyalty Bonus Benefit scheme is for customers who have maintained their ...

Talisman now KiwiSaver compliant

New Zealand-based ASB and Trustees Executors were among the funds that used the IT solutions of Australia-based software group Bravura Solutions to comply with the new KiwiSaver legislation. Bravura Solutions has upgraded a number of their clients ...