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Wealth transfer strategies top adviser books

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
The type of financial planners that will 'inherit the earth' are those with the best wealth transfer strategies to recommend to clients, research shows. Latest data from the Lifeplan Financial Advice Satisfaction Index show that 61.6 per cent of 400 ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... ahead with its expansion strategy, buying South Australian financial planning practice, Walmsley Halligan & Co and its parent company last month. Shadforth Financial Group has more than $8 billion in client funds under advice serviced by 110 financial ...

INGIM builds distribution from ground up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... it would expand its local product manufacturing and distribution to both financial advisers and institutions. The Dutch parent's decision to plough more resources into its Australian operations follow the acquisition last year of ING Australia by its ...

Savings boost for GenX and GenY

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The government's proposed reforms to compulsory super give financial planners more reason to look after their next generation of clients. The recommended SG lift from 9 per cent to 12 per cent by 2019/20 will, unfortunately, mean little for those who ...

ASIC charges ACR directors

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... director wrote a statement in ACR's Prospectus 6, which was lodged in April 2004 and contained financial statements of ACR's parent company, Castle Investment Company (CIC) and controlled entities as at the end of December 2003. The statement recorded ...

Shadforth buys SA planning firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... Shadforth Financial Group has bought South Australian-based financial planning practice, Walmsley Halligan & Co and its parent company, 'Walmsley Halligan'. The Walmsley Halligan move follows the merger and integration of 12 privately-owned fee-based ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... Tinto subsidiary Coal and Allied Industries Ltd holds its annual general meeting (AGM) in Sydney on Friday, following the parent company's AGM in London overnight. The Australian share market ended higher on Thursday, with both key indices finishing ...

US financials a big play: Bennelong SGI

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... Partners, the US$100 billion investment firm founded by the rich and philanthropic family by the same name, bought SGI's parent company, Security Benefit, in February this year.

Time to grow: Securitor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST OF THIS YEAR'S SECURITOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Securitor, one of the largest financial planning groups in the country, maps out a growth strategy that will prepare its planners ahead of industry consolidation, tougher regulation and the nation's seismic $400 billion wealth transfer over the next ...

AXA Asia Pac shares on trading halt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... expired. ACCC has indicated it's going to release its findings on the competing proposal from NAB on 22 April. AXA's French parent first flagged the decision to offload its Australian and NZ operations in November last year, potentially to AMP. But at ...