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Hood Sweeney announces three new directors

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... property sector. "In his role at Hood Sweeney, Nicholas delivers specialist tax advice and offers tailored recommendations to medical professionals and healthcare businesses, and provides complex taxation advice on business and investment structures ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... which quantifies the challenge facing these pensions as they work to satisfy retirement promises." Significant advances in medical science mean that people are living much longer than pensions had planned for. Couple this with poor stock market returns ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

Zurich launches life risk update

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... launched its second life risk update for 2012 in response to drivers including change in workforce profile and advances in medical technology. An extensive review of risk ratings for engineering and mining related occupations has resulted in the addition ...

Mac Life expands claims and underwriting team

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... senior underwriter from BT Life and brings to the role six years of experience in underwriting. Sweeny also has in-depth medical knowledge that he will use to help advisers with some of the more technical aspects of writing life insurance cover. Baker ...

AMP updates FLP insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... Wealth Protection at AMP said changing work patterns, family structures and business practices, as well as ever improving medical care, means insurance solutions need to be continually updated to remain competitive. "We know the importance planners and ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... makes retirees more vulnerable to the economic impacts of weather events, and in the long run, climate change. Rents, medical and hospital services and tobacco also recorded rises for the June quarter 2012, price segments that are also important to retirees. ...

OneVue names chief executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... platforms OneVue are launching for the Australian SMSF Members Association, MAP Financial Services and the Australian Medical Association. "He will also play a big role in delivering other opportunities we have in the pipeline, one which we hope to announce ...

BT hones tech for advice scale

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... group's penetration. "This is where broadband will be key," Spiers said. "Increasingly regional Australians are accessing medical advice and social public benefits via net and video conferencing and it's proving to be an exceptional medium." "I see advice ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins $34m in mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Rewards Program, which provides employees with a range of discounts on financial and lifestyle products, and Best Doctors, a medical service that's accessible to members with income protection to age 65, are also proving attractive," Mulholland said. ...