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TAL's Affinia hires for growth plans

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... practice development and recruitment." "Affinia has big plans for 2013 and beyond. We want to be the number one choice for advisers specialising in risk insurance, and are already seeing a lot of interest from the market. "Having our regional managers ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... cystic fibrosis treatment developed by Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis has received a negative review from advisers to regulators in the United States, sending shares down 41 per cent to 74 cents. Australia's largest cattle producer, Australian ...

Affinia kicks off 2013 with three senior hires

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... BT. All three have been hired to drive the ongoing development of Affinia's practices nationwide, and to recruit new advisers to the Affinia group. They will report to Craig Parker, head of Affinia. "I'm really excited to have been able to recruit three ...

DomaCom GPS increases software footprint

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
New platform entrant DomaCom is increasing its' planning software user numbers with over 250 advisers across 190-plus firms now registered and using its free planning software. DomaCom is using a free trial of its Guided Planning System (GPS) - following ...

Online tool for evaluating super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... partnership with a superannuation research company, today released the Lonsec super comparator, an online tool that allows advisers to easily compare all types of superannuation offerings. The first offering from a range of integrated solutions, the ...

Mac Private Wealth forced to rectify serious deficiencies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... systems and client files, which began in December 2001, found repeated shortcomings involving a significant number of advisers. The deficiencies, which include poor record keeping and failing to demonstrate basis for advice, were first identified by ...

FPA grief over new fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) boss Mark Rantall released a statement that said the organisation is concerned that advisers still need to give existing fee-paying clients annual disclosure statements. Rantall said fee disclosure statements for ...

Trapnell rejects 'no way out' stance by licencees

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... lines from the classic 1970s Hotel California hit to reaffirm his rejection of licensee heavy-handedness dealing with advisers who want out. He claims that Draconian licensee agreements can impose onerous conditions and unreasonable financial penalties ...

Fin planners more upbeat over reforms: Zurich

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Financial advisers have become more upbeat about regulatory changes such as the Future of Financial Advice reforms, said insurer Zurich after conducting a survey. Zurich today said the latest measurement of its Risk Adviser Sentiment Index has shown ...

MLC launches advice service for uber wealthy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... institutional investors with more than $3 million in investable assets and can be accessed via MLC-aligned and NAB Private Wealth advisers.