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CommInsure nabs Asteron head of underwriting

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... and pricing. Kraszula has been with Suncorp-owned Asteron Life since January 2004, when he joined as underwriting and technical development manager. He was appointed to the role of executive manager of risk assessment in May 2005 and has been responsible ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... complex area in Australia's wealth management sector. Specialist aged care advisers need to be familiar with extremely technical regulation and, at the same time; they need the right set of soft skills to relate with their clients in moments when stress ...

Unmet SMSF advice needs a boon for advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... III Peker said that this could be tied into the performance of the stock market, the research has shown that advisers' technical expertise was also playing a greater role in driving satisfaction. Commenting on the opportunities for advisers, Vanguard ...

Australian Unity added 14 planning practices in a year

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... in all mainland states and the ACT. Australian Unity covers the full range of advice services for advisers including technical support, asset allocation, investment research, risk insurance, para-planning, compliance, practice management, marketing and ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... advisers, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall spoke about education standards and technical competency. But he said that all advisers should not "be tarnished with the same brush." As the last Roy Morgan survey showed ...

New laws bring aged care advice into the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... arrangements to reflect the true cost of providing aged care and strengthen the sustainability of the system," Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard says in a technical whitepaper that outlines the main regulatory changes and the implications ...

Former NAB execs follow Hartley to Sunsuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... opportunities for Sunsuper to attract new corporate and institutional clients." The second division, named 'Products, Projects & Technical Services', will be headed by Jason Sommer, who was formerly general manager, change and technical services at NAB ...

Australia and New Zealand accountants launch joint brand

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... focused on greater influence of national economic policy and regulatory agendas and on international professional and technical standards," he said.

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... the UK, Franc was handpicked by industry legend Bill Mahoney to help BT's big clients better understand how the more technical detail around how the company was managing derivatives, what systems it used as well as issues such as separation of duty around ...

Banks support the "original" FoFA intent: ABA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... and to reintroduce commissions in general advice. The bankers' organisation argued that the sector is only seeking "technical amendments which will clarify and simplify the operation of the law." "The ABA is not seeking changes to enable banks to charge ...