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Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... financial crisis has thrust the importance of advisors into the limelight - highlighting their roles in safeguarding the wealth and superannuation savings of Australians, according to the Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. ...

Westpac names merger team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... Westpac has named its top executives following the merger, with Rob Coombe appointed as the chief executive of the enlarged wealth management business, BT Financial Group. Geoff Lloyd, St. George Wealth group executive and head of Asgard Wealth Solutions ...

Planners to behave like CFOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... should move to a model where they act as a chief financial officer (CFO) for clients, managing relationships with other wealth management experts to cater to all the client's needs. Martin Mulcare, Strategic Consulting and Training (SCAT) consultant ...

Tower upgrades Accelerate and TPP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... Accelerate, TOWER is opening up this service to more customers and advisers who choose to do business this way." "If Australia's wealth protection gap is to be closed, then life insurance need to be more readily available to the consumer and independent ...

Macquarie takes market hit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... base fees in the 2009 financial year due to lower assets under management. Despite this, a Macquarie spokesperson said its wealth management arm will continue to run "business as usual". "Macquarie Private Wealth is continuing to grow and recruit new ...

Securitor academy set for Feb opening

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Asgard Wealth Solution's planning division, Securitor is launching its first paraplanning academy workshop in February. The paraplanning academy is a blend of self-study distance learning and two three-day face-to-face workshops. Participants will learn ...

DST Systems buys Bluedoor

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... the funds management distribution and platform markets. The deal means DST International (DSTi) can provide Bluedoor's Wealth.net service to its clients. The web-based service administration service manages investment and retirement products on one integrated ...

Consultum pumps $1m into tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... better service its new and existing clients. As a result, Consultum has tailored its own XPlan solution provided by IRESS Wealth Management. "The need to keep up with new products, financial tools, and increased regulatory requirements has added new ...

Platform wedge over pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... decisions on their investments in a timely fashion," said Kenny. Mark Pankhurst, head of product and marketing for ING's wealth management division, agrees, although he added that the delayed valuation cycle of the unlisted market meant that there could ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... production are the same ones reducing the demand side of the economy. Consumer demand is weak and slowing because household wealth is eroding and job prospects are vanishing. External demand is weak because the factors of production in each nation's ...