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Zurich Australia appoints head of technical

Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former ING national technical manager, Jennifer Brookhouse, to the role of head of technical services. Barry Tomkinson, general manager of Zurich Australia's Investment Management and Life, said Brookhouse's ...

Multiport SMSF receives UK pension roll-over approval

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) rules for their SMSF offering. Earlier this week Zurich Financial Services Australia announced that its wrap services had been granted similar approval. The UK legislation holds that roll-overs from UK pension ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... financial officer for ZAIL between November 1999 and November 2001. On 25 May 2005 ZAIL and Zurich Financial Services Australia entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA over their activities around two financial reinsurance transactions with ...

It's a wrap for UK pensions: Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced that its wrap services are all stamped as 'Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes' (QROPS) which will allow UK migrants to transfer their funds to Australia without heavy tax penalties. In April ...

Zurich appoints Denning Pryce to manage new income fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced the appointment of a specialist derivatives manager for its new income fund. Denning Pryce, a Sydney based boutique manager specializing in listed equity and derivatives based funds management, has been ...

Zurich appoints ex-CommInsure risk expert

Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former CommInsure chief underwriter, Lindy Rule, as the new chief underwriter in the life risk division. Zurich Australia's head of life risk, Andrew McKee, said Rule's position fulfills an important ...

Fees versus commission not an issue

... survey which found that majority of financial planners say it's disclosure that counts. A Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich Australia) online survey of financial advisers has found that 58 per cent said whether their services are paid in fees ...

Soft skills should be a priority: Zurich

Risk services provider Zurich Financial Services Australia has said that while many financial planners are busy earning CPD points for improving their industry knowledge they should also spare some time for working on their 'soft skills' to better serve ...

Zurich Australia chief executive to retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
The chief executive for Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich Australia) is set to retire after 35 years in the financial services industry. Tom Brown, who has just announced his intention to retire on 31 December this year, will be succeeded ...

AFS completes buy-back from Zurich

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2006
Australian Financial Services Ltd (AFS) has successfully completed its buy-back of Zurich Financial Services Australia's 39.7 per cent holding in the group. AFS chief executive officer, Peter Daly, said, "The buy-back marks an exciting new milestone ...