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AMP FP patches up the cracks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons of late, but behind the hype they have been toiling in earnest to make their business regulator-safe while remaining adamant that the quality of AMP planner advice is ...

Real estate service returns agent commissions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Independent Real Estate Consulting (IREC) has launched a new service which leverages the real estate industry's referral based system and aims to return some of the costs of agent commissions to the seller. The IREC service takes advantage of the real ...

Life insurance still the big risk: ING

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
According to research conducted by TNS/Rice Walker Actuaries and analysed by ING, underinsurance remains a massive problem with nearly half of all Australian families left critically exposed to the financial consequences of a serious event. ING believes ...

Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

The superannuation industry should stop speculating for short term gains and start re-building the "truth" principles of capitalism, if we are to avoid the mistakes of corporate America. The message comes from John Bogle, founder and ex-chairman of ...

Unit pricing the right way

Unit pricing inconsistencies and mistakes across the market have prompted industry regulators to jointly release a unit pricing good practice guide. The regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities ...

Too many people unprepared for retirement: Count

... survey went onto add that approximately half of those financial advisers and accountants surveyed believed the biggest mistake people made, was in not seeking financial advice before retirement. Count's research supports a range of findings recently ...

Expand FSRA to loans and property advice: CPA Aust

CPA Australia has called for the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) to be broadened to cover consumer advice in relation to loans and investment properties. Their call is based upon consumer research they recently sponsored that found consumers want ...

Russell goes lifecycle

Global multi-manager leader Russell Investment Group has launched an integrated series of diversified multi-manager superannuation investment funds called the Russell Life Points Target Date Portfolios. In launching the portfolio series, Heather Dawson ...

ASFA welcomes government super measures

... proposed new legislation recognises that late payments aren't always deliberate or dishonest, and so make it easier for the mistake to be rectified," says ASFA CEO Philippa Smith. Previously employers were obliged to pay an administration charge, plus ...

Young Australians super about choice

Recent research from FuturePlus has revealed 47 per cent of Australians between 25 and 34 years of age in NSW are most like to switch superannuation funds once the July choice of funds legislation comes into place. "It reinforces the view that superannuation ...