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AXA recruits 13 overseas planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
AXA Australia is taking its financial planning recruitment drive overseas, adding 13 planners from South Africa and the UK to the dealer group. Paul Williams, national manager for AXA Financial Planning and Charter Financial Planning, said the firm ...

AXA upgrades insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Financial planners looking for better insurance cover for their clients could benefit from the latest round of AXA enhancements on its insurance product. AXA recently unveilled a host of underwriting changes to its insurance offer, with financial protection ...

Ipac appoints chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
AXA Australia Asia Pacific subsidiary, ipac, has appointed Neil Swindells as chief executive. Swindells' appointment follows the firm's chief executive and AXA head of advice, Peeyush Gupta stepping down next month. Swindells was previously an AXA senior ...

Harrison leaves AIG Life

COMPANY RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Stuart Harrison, managing director of local subsidiary AIG Life, has resigned to take a position as AXA Hong Kong chief executive. Harrison has been managing director at AIG Life since 2006. The group has not announced his successor. Mark Wilson, AIA ...

Acacia separates from Linear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... maintaining its boutique operation. "We'd also like to bring on a few more advisers but the plan is never to become the next AFS or AXA, we still want to be a boutique dealer group," she said. Acacia Wealth's chief executive is Rodney Bastin. He became ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... financial sector is enjoying a moderate rally, with a correction taking place in the shares of wealth managers and insurers AXA Asia Pacific Holdings and AMP Ltd. "Their moves over the last month... it's been part of the market which has been damaged ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... insurers slumped, with QBE falling 57 cents, or 3.3 per cent, to $16.49, AMP losing 39 cents, or 9.2 per cent, to $3.84, and AXA Asia Pacific declining 19 cents, or six per cent, to $2.97. A four per cent fall on Wall Street wiped away the previous day's ...

Ready, set, activate: AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Inactive AXA clients can soon expect a phone call from their advisers asking about their insurance well-being as Australia's largest planning firm embarks on a client reactivation program. AXA introduced the new program at the end of December last year ...

IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... almost the same size so put them together, you have more advisers using the combined entity than say, somewhere between AMP and AXA." "Six per cent gives them more scope to spread costs and a little bit more distribution for Skandia, which was a challenge ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life. Challenger, which last year acquired the annuities portfolio of AXA, was named the 2008 Annuity Provider of the Year. The Award winners and finalists were selected based on a combination of quantitative ...