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Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... $36 million in funds under advice and provides accounting advice and wealth management services including investment, insurance and finance brokerage. The stake cost $578,000 including net business assets and was settled with $231,000 in cash and $347,000 ...

BT Wrap signs five-year deal with DKN

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... said Butterworth. "Our advisers have been very receptive to the recent platform enhancements including the new suite of insurance products and bulk trading functionality and eagerly await the roll-out of the model portfolio management tools."

Telstra boosts insurance portability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Australia's largest corporate super fund, Telstra Super has improved its insurance to include the ability to transfer externally held death and TPD cover to the fund, matched by group cover rates. The new arrangements kicked in yesterday. Chief executive ...

Aviva Investors selects Cadis for data

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... discrepancies," said Daniel Simpson, chief executive at Cadis. More than 35 clients across banks, asset managers, hedge funds and insurance companies have successfully implemented the platform. BT Investment Management also rolled out the Cadis platform ...

UniSuper boosts insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The $25.4 billion UniSuper is improving its optional insurance cover by offering new and existing members more death and disablement cover at no extra cost, among other improvements. Under the changes negotiated with Hannover Life Re of Australasia ...

SCT chief Furlan talks tough on benefits

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The head of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal urges super funds to consider fresh ways to structure insurance within super, as one of the most common source of disputes is the conflict on insurance payouts. Jocelyn Furlan, chairperson of the Superannuation ...

MLC planning arms complete fee-for-service move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... a complete fee-for-advice model for all new and existing superannuation and investments clients and new business for insurance and mortgage products.

OneCare upgrades benefit more workers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... oil and gas-related occupations, which includes more than 70 jobs such as quarry workers and driller operators. The insurance firm also improved the cover for blood borne diseases with a new needle stick benefit within trauma cover, where the maximum ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... per cent to 3,095 yen. Sony slipped 0.57 per cent to 2,428, Ricoh fell 0.76 per cent to 1,182 yen and Dai-ichi Life Insurance slumped 3.35 per cent to 121,100 yen. Japan's three major lenders underperformed. Mizuho Financial Group hit a year's low to ...

AXA ramps up insurance for 115,000 clients

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
An extra 115,000 financial planner clients who use AXA insurance will be able to tap improved cover, following upgrades to the firm's financial protection products. AXA announced on Friday that upgrades towards life, trauma and TPD plans, along with ...