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Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Financial advisers are the driving force behind falling premium rates on life cover products, according to ClearView's Clive Levinthal. A recent joint study by the life insurer and industry information supplier Plan For Life shows that premiums have ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... yet avoid a financial catastrophe. "We're getting some punch after the pinch," Bell Potter Brisbane senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "The trade surplus is higher than expected, which will be a boon for our resources companies." At 1203 AEDT on Thursday ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... government should not intervene in legal transactions between economic agents. This philosophy is closely tied with Adam Smith's "invisible hand". Smith postulated that an economic system that allows individuals to pursue their own self-interest free ...

Three new faces on Cbus board

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Industry superannuation fund Cbus has named three new board members who will replace the trio who retired in late 2010. Peter Smith of the National Electrical and Communications Association has joined the leadership team along with Rita Mallia and Frank ...

Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Finsia Steve Helmich, Director of Financial Planning, AMP Fiona Hooymans, Manager Compliance, ASX Limited Dimity Kingsford, Smith Professor, University of New South Wales Richard Klipin, CEO, Association of Financial Advisers Jenni Mack, Chair, Choice ...

Addwealth seeks women advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... practices looking to grow their businesses," said Tim Steele, director at AMP Horizons, in March. Last year, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney embarked on a global online campaign to attract women advisers. The firm created a blog for women to discuss the ...

Finance lends hand to Operation Smile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... the foyer of Chifley Tower, the exhibition will feature photos from Operation Smile's volunteer photographer Kelly Hussey-Smith who has documented the journey of the children, families and medical staff on the medical missions in East Timor, Papua New ...

REI Super re-signs Ibbotson

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... process that involved a number of other tenders. Ibbotson has provided investment advice to the super fund for a decade. Mal Smith, chief executive at REI Super, said Ibbotson helped the fund navigate difficult markets successfully. "The Ibbotson team ...

Zurich to roll out climate change training

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... transportation," he said. "This has got nothing to do with sustainability or saving the planet but about saving their business." David Smith, Zurich's chief executive, said that climate change is a major issue for the insurance industry despite the preoccupation ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... funds (ETFs), or as a benchmark for actively managed mutual funds. The index has been licensed to Malaysia-based Corston-Smith Asset Management to be used as the basis for a long-only corporate governance investment fund. "ASEAN member countries are ...