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Former St.George WM chief quits BT

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... Mark Spiers will be general manager, advice with responsibility for Westpac and St.George financial planners, personal insurance advisers, independent financial advisers and dealer groups. Meanwhile, Jan Swinhoe will continue to lead Westpac Private ...

ESI Super ramps up member support

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... life-changing event. The Life Event program gives financial advice and help in managing, accessing and transferring super and insurance funds. The service evolved several years ago as the fund sought to help members deal with major changes in their life ...

PIS to step up competition in cash savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... long term, PIS will be a complete financial services group. It will compete in more areas for clients such as in cash, insurance and mortgages... for us to stay competitive in the future, we have to do that." The group's expansion plans coincide with ...

Prime Super boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Prime Super has increased its insurance cover for members, slashed premiums and introduced online underwriting in its latest round of improvements. The fund, which had over $1 billion in funds under management at the end of September last year according ...

Planning firm to drop commission-based insurance advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Pembroke has set in motion a strategy that will switch all of its planners out of providing commission-based advice on insurance and mortgages. The decision goes against common practice in the planning industry of maintaining a commissions-based remuneration ...

Telstra Super signs healthcare deal for members

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
The $10 billion Telstra Super has teamed up with health fund HCF to offer members discounted health insurance. According to a press statement, Telstra Super members and their immediate families can access HCF's full range of hospital and extras cover ...

Matrix adds regional practice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... geographic area. The practice offers superannuation, pre-retirement and retirement planning, personal and business life insurance, savings and investment plans and estate planning. "The philosophy that the group has in terms of how clients should be ...

Perpetual Select Super to slash insurance premium by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
The $850 million Perpetual Select Super Plan has terminated its insurance mandate with ING Australia and appointed AIA as its new insurer - a move that saw the plan cut premium rates by up to 40 per cent for some members. Perpetual's decision to take ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... number of key characteristics. For instance, Aberdeen's financials-sector fund invests in a narrow universe of banks and insurance companies. Perpetual, AXA, and Investors Mutual manage industrials-sector funds that exclude resources shares. Resource ...

NAB a step closer to buying AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... therefore buy AXA APH A&NZ without debt. The deal includes NAB buying the Australian and New Zealand wealth management and insurance businesses (including the Australian mature business). This includes the advice businesses of ipac, Genesys, AXA Financial ...