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Rowe takes FPA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Rowe also chairs the FPA Board Professionalism and Board Strategic Planning Committees and a member of the Board Remuneration and Succession Planning Committee. He has also chaired the FPA Ripoll Inquiry Committee and Professional Conduct Committees. ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... said Minto. In super, Tower said it is working with the Financial Services Council to develop protocols for adviser remuneration to enhance sustainability and choice of remuneration models in response to impending removals of commissions from superannuation ...

Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac Securities has briefed its call centre staff to make its register of alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the ...

Shareholder activism at the Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... voted against a proposal to appoint Nora Scheinkestel as a new director of Telstra. It also opposed the company's remuneration report, and voted against the adoption of a new constitution. Despite the fact that the fund remains the largest shareholder ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... when the right opportunities come along, he said. The firm's business model requires planners to abide by a formal remuneration policy that forbids planners to be biased by any product manufacturers, and includes strict asset allocation and product choice ...

OnePath embraces fee for service

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... features and services that OneAnswer provides, however, OneAnswer Frontier delivers distinct fee for service pricing and remuneration options - unbundled from the product. Clients with balances over $100,000 in super could pay as little as 80 basis points ...

Shareholders vent fury over exec pay

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... in the last financial year, shareholders in Challenger Financial Services overwhelmingly voted down the company's remuneration report yesterday. Almost 65 per cent of shareholders opposed the remuneration report, which offered generous pay packages to ...

Fin services execs earn big bucks

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... Challenger Financial Services is one company to feature prominently on the list with chief executive Dominic Stevens total remuneration rising by almost 63 per cent to $6.6 million. AMP's Craig Dunn earnt just over $5 million, while AXA's Andy Penn was ...

Insurance shows industry divide

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... problems, many will not outsource because they don't want to give up their clients and they want to hold onto any remuneration they receive," said Bourke, adding that her firm's client list contains 99 per cent trauma clients with almost $11 million ...

Platforms control market, not advisers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... "In an environment where competition scrutiny is increasing, this highlights why the focus has turned to below line remuneration payments to advisers rather than commissions paid directly by consumers," noted Rainmaker in their latest Advantage report. ...