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Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... a new product that was designed to cover the main aspects of aged care: social security, estate planning and regular cash flow. The Care Annuity, issued in 2012, offers the right mix of income and capital protection, as an alternative to insurance bonds ...

EBX launches online tool to purchase endowment bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
Newly-created technology company Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) has launched today an online tool that allows financial planners and retail investors to invest in zero-coupon bonds, also known as endowment bonds. The EBX Endowment Bond is a fixed income ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... Australian market was attractive partly because of the transparent sale processes. "These funds are looking for stable, cash flow generating assets that can be held for the long term, with returns that are not highly correlated to share markets," he ...

AIA introduces 24 hour insurance processing

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... perspective, the new feature contributes to efficiencies within an adviser's practice and in turn improves advisers' cash flow," AIA general manager of Life Insurance Damien Mu said. "Technology has dramatically changed expectations for service delivery ...

Centrepoint appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... addition, the premium funding business presents strong growth opportunities and a potential strategic base for other cash flow lending products." Robinson hands over responsibility to de Zwart on 15 April.

IOOF posts $33.2m profit

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... Christopher Kelaher, managing director, IOOF. IOOF's pre-amortisation result was $50.9 million, and its pre-tax operating cash flow was $52.8 million, another "strong result," the company said. Two of IOOF's recent acquisitions, advice groups DKN and ...

Aussie stocks best value for 25 years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Investors are now witnessing a once-in-a-generation value opportunity to enter the Australian equity market, according to AllianceBernstein chief investment officer Roy Maslen. AllianceBernstein is the latest of a swathe of big name asset managers to ...

Big year in platforms and super: AMP Fin Services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
While underlying profit rose modestly compared to 2011 figures, AMP Financial Services posted a $1.7 billion turnaround in net cash flows, buoyed by solid performance from its platforms and wealth management arms. AFS net cash flows recovered from a ...

Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Asian countries, Briscoe adds, are experiencing higher levels of growth than developed markets, resulting in higher free cash flow for corporates. Also, the links between the private and public sectors in Asia tend to be very strong and amount to implicit ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
Emerging markets fund manager Esemplia last week visited Australian clients to outline its new approach. Esemplia principal Steve Triantafilidis told Financial Standard their recent investment performance saw some of the manager's pension fund clients ...