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Results show strong momentum: BT Financial Group

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Insurance sales and adviser growth show strong business momentum, despite cash earnings being down on last year, said Westpac-owned BT Financial Group. Life insurance sales were up 30%, compared with 14% for the market in 2012, it said after announcing ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Competition for business amid the rapid growth of the SMSF industry is in danger of diluting the quality of service for the end client, according to a number of industry professionals. India-based Sundaram Business Services has been operating in Australia ...

Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
They may take exponentially longer to leave home, and have unrealistic job expectations, but Gen-Y are better with their finances than originally thought. According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than ...

New emerging market dividend fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Two Australian institutional investors, one a super fund, have been the first to invest in a newly available emerging markets dividend fund. Emerging market equities specialist Somerset Capital has launched the registered Australian managed investment ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
The advisory community is falling short of its need to engage the hordes of consumers disillusioned by subdued sentiment and negative press, a panel of industry experts has said. Speaking at the annual AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast last ...

Soft-skills critical to maximising adviser value-add

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The only adviser role more important than helping clients at claim-time is the front-end work necessary to help them adequately protect for a myriad of life events directly outside their control, according to financial adviser David Baccinelli. Presenting ...

Huge opportunity in untapped business insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Advisers who are not involved in the sale of business insurance are missing out on a hugely profitable opportunity, according to Affinity Planning's Peter Hartnell. Hartnell, a risk product specialist with more than 50 years experience, says that the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The Australian market opened higher following surging European markets and higher commodity prices. At 1022 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.1 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4,497.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European stock markets rebounded as investors cheered positive company earnings and reacted to news of thousands of job cuts at Swiss bank UBS, despite a lull in trading caused by the monster US storm ...