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Less regulation, more action: Hartsuyker

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... funds to offer a no-frills default product to default workers who have made no election -- which will offer no income insurance, limited disclosure, no real financial advice, and no choice -- is an idea that says to Australians, 'the Government will ...

North gets very strong rating from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... Services analyst, Rodney Lay. "At S&P, we take the view that the capital protection for the North product represents an insurance policy against downside risk and the particularly significant issue of market-exit timing and income-sequencing risk for ...

AXA names advice state managers

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... and human resources. John Seed has been promoted to financial advice state manager of NSW/ACT. Seed worked across life insurance and investment companies before joining AXA Australia in 2001 as state manager of South Australia and the Northern Territ ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... nation to get an IMF bailout. There was also bad news from the latest US jobs data, which saw new claims for unemployment insurance benefits unexpectedly rise last week. Initial jobless claims totalled a seasonally adjusted 484,000 in the week ending ...

US financials a big play: Bennelong SGI

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... to participate in the FDIC-sponsored auctions of weaker banks," said Whittall. FDIC, which stands for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, is an independent institution created by the US Congress to oversee the banks, maintain stability in the US banking ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... can opt into their fund's regular choice division if they want to access investment choices, advice and more flexible insurance arrangements. Driving speculation of forced mergers is the proposal's requirement that "A trustee must form the view, on an ...

Centric enhances direct equities services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... business' growth strategy. He said the business is focused on buying other practices, especially practices involved in risk insurance. "We already have strong risk insurance capability addressing both the personal and business needs of our clients," ...

Health Super members get insurance boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
No longer employed with a registered employer but still with Health Super? New insurance arrangements mean members can still receive cover despite ceasing employment with an employer. Health Super, which had $8 billion-plus in funds under management ...

Beck appointed to ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... rules," said Pauline Vamos, chief executive at ASFA. Beck has worked in financial services for 33 years across banking, insurance, investments and superannuation. He previously worked as former head of strategy and actuarial at Colonial Limited and was ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
It is still too early to conclude that commissions-based insurance advice is affordable for the general public but two planning groups show that it can work for certain segments of the market. This month, MLC-owned planning group Godfrey Pembroke announced ...