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Gupta joins AMP Capital board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... financial planning group, Gupta was also chief executive at Ipac Securities for 12 years and was general manager of advice for the group's owner AXA Asia Pacific Holdings from 2002. Brian Clark, chair at AMP Capital Investors, said Gupta's experience ...

Sunsuper extends planning service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... upgraded the fund's financial planning capability with On Track, a program which provides tailored on-going financial advice for members for free if the member has all their super in the fund. The super fund is targeting members 40 years and older for ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... millions of members have access to "low-cost" basic advice even under current laws. One super fund, QSuper, provides advice for as low as $300, drawing on its scale to cut its costs. Yet according to data from super admin provider Pillar, the number ...

CBA on Storm damage control

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... repayments for Storm Financial loan holders to the end of August and said it will pay for the cost of legal and financial advice for its affected customers. Ralph Norris, chief executive at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said the bank had "identified ...

More than just insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... touring the country to educate advisers on "soft skills" to handle sensitive client situations, underwriting and sales advice for life insurance. According to Dow, this particular module not only encompasses adviser education, but extends to AXA internal ...

AMP moves into direct super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... strategy to target Australians between 25 and 50 years of age. "They want value for money and access to the features and advice for them when they need it," he said. The firm plans to initially distribute the product, which is available from May 25 ...

Another super buy for Snowball

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... not affect Hood Sweeney Securities Pty Ltd, which will continue to carry on its other business of financial planning advice for private clients. In January, Snowball also bought Brisbane based-financial planning business Money Mentors. "This [latest] ...

Ex-director banned for 25 years

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... it's proceeding against Geagea on 9 May 2008. Geagea was also banned by the Court from providing financial product advice for five years and managing corporations until 31 December 2011.

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... research methodology of Rice Warner Actuaries. "The reason we use Rice Warner is because they did the survey of Value of Advice for the FPA [Financial Planning Association]. They're well respected and they do work for all segments of the industry," said ...

CORRECTION: Snowball expands corp super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... not affect Hood Sweeney Securities Pty Ltd, which will continue to carry on its other business of financial planning advice for private clients. However, the divested corporate super business will operate under Snowball's Outlook Financial Solutions ...