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Macq Wrap releases new accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... more flexible and competitive pricing model, which includes fee capping for transparency," said Justin Delaney, head of insurance and platforms for Macquarie Adviser Services. According to Delaney, the pricing structure matches Macquarie Wrap's existing ...

Tech provider buys 25pc stake in paraplanning firm

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Technology provider, Adviser Toolbox, has bought a 25 per cent stake in a boutique paraplanning firm, offering advisers insurance Statements of Advice preparation for $350. In a bid to target the advice insurance business, AusParaplanning has released ...

Financial services boost mixed Macquarie results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Australian dollar. Macquarie Funds has $305 billion in assets under management, down from $311 billion a year prior. Life insurance business, Macquarie Life, increased inforce risk insurance premiums by 59 per cent on the prior year. Income from outside ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... $46.10, while Rio Tinto slipped 66 cents to $82.71. Fortescue Metals lost 10 cents, or 1.57 per cent, to $6.28. QBE Insurance lost 26 cents, or 1.35 per cent, to $18.95, CSL slipped 41 cents, or 1.17 per cent, to $34.65, and Brambles fell eight cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... per cent from 3.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010. The Labor Department reported new claims for unemployment insurance benefits surged more than expected last week to 429,000, the highest level since January. Investors had a batch of earnings ...

Dealer groups miss commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Dealer groups today welcomed the future of financial advice reforms - but unanimously disapproved of the banning of life insurance commissions within superannuation funds. MLC & NAB Wealth, AMP and AXA, and BT Financial Group said they were happy the ...

New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... insurers predict dealer groups will create their own super products or be taken over by wealth managers while direct insurance will get a boost from new FOFA reforms. Life insurers and financial planners alike have responded with mixed reactions to today's ...

Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... is the proposal to ban risk commissions within super, but not outside super. "I do understand that some of the large insurance operators are unhappy that we're placing a ban on insurance fees within super but I've also spoken, behind the scenes, to the ...

SPAA positive but fears bad practice post FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... outside of super while also unhappy with the opt-in arrangement. "SPAA is very concerned that the commission ban on insurance products which only applies in superannuation, may distort the market and encourage mis-selling practices by opportunistic intermediaries," ...

Super insurance commission ban not what it seems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
While banning group insurance commissions from retail super funds seems a big deal, reality seems to be that most advisers don't make their living selling this type of insurance as they prefer traditional insurance sold outside super funds. According ...