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Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... look a lot more like the aged pension, argued Cooper. "What the industry needs to do is work out private ways that life insurance companies and superannuation funds and other organisations can provide, effectively, a private pension." Cooper's comments ...

Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... financial services for the company from 2009 until January this year, including those related to landlord protection insurance. ASIC said Burnell had developed and promoted Protection & Collection's financial products, entered agreements on behalf of ...

Planners react badly to FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... reacted poorly to the reforms with 83.6 per cent opposed to the banning of up-front and trailing commissions on risk insurance in superannuation and only 22.3 per cent in favour of the bi-annual opt-in arrangement. Advisers said the two-yearly opt-in ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... Advice Award in Sydney last night. Tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings, wealth protection and life insurance- the AFA's Female Excellence in Advice Award (Award) is designed to promote financial advice as a career for women by applauding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... revenue, worth about $US61 billion ($A55.87 billion). In Frankfurt on Wednesday, Germany's Allianz became the latest insurance giant to see its profits hit by claims related to a string of natural disasters, most notably Japan's monster earthquake and ...

BT Group profits rise $29 million

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... well, with good flows into our investment platforms lifting wealth income which more than offset the cost of higher insurance claims relating to natural disasters." BT Group's good result was supported by increased fees from higher average funds under ...

TOWER Australia changes to TAL

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Life insurer TOWER Australia Group is set to become TAL Limited by November. TOWER is changing its name to TAL after completing extensive research in the lead up to a licence deadline when a five-year agreement with TOWER Limited of New Zealand to use ...

Vow to take on financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... them to offer a full range of services, while around 20 per cent will want to offer some planning advice, such as risk insurance. Vow has close to 600 brokers in total and will begin rolling out the financial planning service to those in Sydney. It then ...

ANZ plots wealth division growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... transformation, ANZ said. The new ANZ wealth business was created to include OnePath, Private Bank and Investment and Insurance and is making "good progress" while growth rates are "expected to improve as integration benefits take hold." ANZ noted that ...

Energy Super first feature rollout

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... offers Energy Super members' discounts on a range of products beyond the usual finance products, although discounted insurance options, private health insurance and banking products are available. Deals on entertainment, motoring, telecommunications ...