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Financial Planning

Part-time staff insurance made easier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Financial planners with part-time employed clients can now get income protection and TPD cover easier with Asteron's new "5 Hours" definition.

Three FMs pull S&P property ratings

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
AXA Australia, BlackRock and Tankstream Capital have dropped the Standard & Poor's rating on certain property funds.

PIS is not part of sale: NAB

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Aviva Australia's more than 20 per cent stake in Professional Investment Services (PIS) was not part of the NAB deal announced yesterday, creating an opening for a new ownership structure at the dealer group.

GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
In 2004, Greece held the Olympic Games, Coldplay's Clocks was on top of the charts and, if you invested $1,000 in Perennial, Prime Value or Fidelity's Australian equities fund, that same capital would be worth over $1,700 today.

NAB and Aviva rule platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
NAB's acquisition of Aviva Australia's Navigator business will create the largest platform provider with $69 billion in funds under management and more than 2,900 advisers using its services.

GFC drives insurance awareness: AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
A new survey found 7 per cent of Australians took out additional insurance since the financial crisis began and the number of those who felt they were "very well insured" halved.

Asian fund taps Dixon for cap raising

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
The ASX-listed Asian Masters Fund has approached financial planning firm Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services for a capital raising.

CBA on Storm damage control

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has suspended repayments for Storm Financial loan holders to the end of August and said it will pay for the cost of legal and financial advice for its affected customers.

Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
Australia's biggest superannuation and financial adviser industry bodies have thrown their support behind the Investment and Financial Services Association's super charter.

CHOICE wants commissions banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Consumer body CHOICE launched a new campaign this month calling for a ban on commission-based remuneration and other conflicted remuneration to advisers.