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Asteron Life completes $10m platform upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... to do product and system upgrades quickly and at a lower cost so we will recover this $10 million investment cost over the next few years." High up on the adviser wish list was ease of use and connectivity features with Asteron Life's advisory boards ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... better, it's up 47%. Surely it ain't the economic outlook. Australia still stands out in the growth stakes this year and the next. Consensus Economics predicts growth in the Australian economy at 3.4% this year and 3.3% in 2013. This compares with its ...

CommInsure secures Tasmanian public sector fund mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... also the first step in RBF becoming an APRA licensed superannuation entity, with further "significant changes" due in the next 18 months. "RBF is currently an exempt public sector superannuation scheme and is in the process of preparing an application ...

Mortgage Choice to launch planning business

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Mortgage Choice will launch its own financial planning business during the next financial year as part of its own diversification strategy. Currently a large independently-operated mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice Limited, announced during its interim ...

Beware the traps in aged care advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... impact on retirement strategies and Age Pension entitlements. The FS Technical Services Forum is held every quarter with the next event on May 3.

Perpetual completes retail distribution restructure

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
Former NAB/MLC Wealth head of national accounts and research Matt Thompson will join Perpetual next month as general manager strategic accounts. The move is part of a shake-up of Perpetual's retail distribution set-up announced in December, which sees ...

ALP leadership issues will delay FOFA: Chikarovski

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... extended from its original target of July 1 this year, before turning to reports of a possible leadership challenge. "The next week or so is going to be an extraordinarily difficult one for the Labor party," Chikarovski said. "What that means for legislation ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... escrow account." But let's assume in our dreams that these will go real smoothly and Greece gets the a,-130 bil, what happens next? What happens next is it gets only a small chunk of it, which for the most part would go into plugging the deficit in its ...

Planners need to commit to the social media conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... Williams, while announcing the launch of Humble Services for Financial Planners. "Planners need to think about where their next generation of clients will come from and the web is now the go-to channel for everything. "The first step is to create a website ...

Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... survey, carried out to test the quality of advice given to consumers in or nearing retirement, are due to be released in the "next little while" according to John Price, ASIC senior executive leader, strategy and policy. Speaking at yesterday's ASIC ...