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Financial Planning

AXA recruits 13 overseas planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
AXA Australia is taking its financial planning recruitment drive overseas, adding 13 planners from South Africa and the UK to the dealer group.

The Indians are coming

WITH THESHEET.COM.AU  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Australian financial institutions looking to expand into the Indian sub-continent are being outflanked by a rush of Indian institutions announcing rapid plans to open offices Down Under.

Charged for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
ASIC has commenced proceedings against four former Queensland directors who dealt in financial products, including Westpoint promissory notes, without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL).

UK consumers embrace online comparison tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
New research on UK consumers shows they are rapidly embracing online finance price comparisons, with big implications for how firms market their products.

AXA upgrades insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Financial planners looking for better insurance cover for their clients could benefit from the latest round of AXA enhancements on its insurance product.

ING unveils CGT calculator

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Financial advisers looking for a projection of their clients' capital gains can now do it all online, following the launch of ING Australia's CGT calculator on its OneAnswer platform.

Planning firm taps uni students

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Financial planning firm, Blue Chip Wealth Management, is expanding its financial planner numbers by inviting university students to apply for a two-month unpaid internship at the firm.

Westpac lends aid to financial counsellors and SMEs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Westpac will provide $1 million in funding and support to financial counselling organisations and expand its financial hardship program, Assist, into small-to-medium (SME) business lending.

Another super buy for Snowball

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Dealer group Snowball has snapped up the corporate super business of Thornton Group - marking the financial services firm's continued buying spree.

AMPFP restructures research team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
AMP Financial Planning has recruited three new members to its products research team - including the replacement to former research manager Jerome Bodisco - and is in talks with five research houses as part of a fundamental review of its products research ...