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Fin Services 15pc skill shortage

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... until global markets show sustained improvements before jumping ship," Barbaro said. This was especially true in the insurance and retail banking sectors.

Super merger on track

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... leadership team in an executive role. All staff will be employed by the combined fund, which will be called LGsuper. Members' insurance arrangements will remain in place until a post merger review. LGsuper presently has group life cover from AIA Australia ...

Trustee fury prompts SMSF compo rethink

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... bailed out when things go pear-shaped. He said members had legal recourse against AFSL licensees who hold indemnity insurance.

Asgard adds funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... functionally rich product from an adviser perspective." "We (have) detailed and comprehensive reporting, integrated insurance, integrated financial planning software." "We have the ability to cater for all different types of planning strategies that ...

Merged super funds coy on CEO decision

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... default to the diversified growth option up to age 75 and beyond that move to the conservative balanced option. Members' insurance arrangements will remain in place until a post merger review. LGsuper currently has group life cover from AIA Australia ...

Life insurance consuming dormant super fund balances

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
More than 25 per cent of dormant superannuation accounts have active life insurance policies causing balances to dwindle through unnecessary fees, new figures show but financial planners can help. According to research house Rice Warner, just over 12 ...

Insurance advice needs to pick up the pace

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) is urging property fund managers to check that their insurance coverage is keeping pace with their changing business models. "While under-insurance is by no means confined to the property ...

Investec fund doubles portfolio in 12 months

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... investors, particularly those looking for a long term asset class to match their liability profile such as pension funds and insurance companies." In March 2011 the Fund completed a sale leaseback of a Boeing B737-800 aircraft on lease with Australia's ...

Financial planners to improve soft skills

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Financial planners can now learn behavioural skills to help them sell insurance to clients through a new training course offered by AXA. The Risk Learning Program has two main components, one that teaches advisers to discuss life, TPD and income protection ...

Bendigo aims to empower planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... leveraged equities, Adelaide Bank wealth deposits, Sandhurst Trustees, Victorian Securities, Bendigo Financial Planning and Insurance, with its retail bank which has 1.4 million customers. The offering may not sound too different to that of its rivals ...