TAL seeks better life insurance outcomes for consumers

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Australia’s largest life insurer TAL recommends in a new submission to the Financial System Inquiry a range of measures to improve consumer outcomes for life insurance products and services. TAL... Read more continue reading

Perpetual delivers strong results and returns in 2014

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Perpetual Limited (Perpetual) has delivered strong results for the 12 months to 30 June 2014 with underlying profit after tax (UPAT) of $104.1 million, up 37%, and statutory net profit... Read more continue reading

BT shows ‘It Gets Better’ for LGBTI youth

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BT continues to show its support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) youth by asking all employees to Wear it Purple and producing a powerful and personal video of employees... Read more continue reading

van Eyk releases Australian equities review, extremely challenging economic conditions ahead

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van Eyk Research has released its 2014 Australian Equities Review –as it enters the final stages in its highly-anticipated 2014 Fixed Income Review. According to the review, value managers have... Read more continue reading

The global economic outlook – implications for investors

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Key points The global economy is still on the mend, but it’s still a two steps forward, one step back affair. Of the major regions the US is doing the... Read more continue reading

AFA female excellence in advice award semi-finalists announced

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and TAL have announced the semi-finalists in the 2014 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award (the Award). The Award, developed in 2011 as a... Read more continue reading

Centrepoint partners with Steadfast Group

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Centrepoint Alliance Premium Funding Pty Ltd (‘Centrepoint’) and Steadfast Group Limited (‘Steadfast’) have announced the appointment of Centrepoint to become a preferred partner and provider of insurance premium funding facilities... Read more continue reading

Impact of Coles and Woolworths nabs reinsurer essay prize

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The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance and Finity Consulting are pleased to announce Noelene Palmer of Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd as the winner of the Peter... Read more continue reading

Credit Specialist extends commercial loan terms to 25 years

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Credit Specialist La Trobe Financial announced that it has extended the loan terms available on commercial lending products to 25 years. This includes La Trobe Financial’s commercial SMSF product. Mr... Read more continue reading

New education standards raise the bar for financial planning profession

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) strongly supports moves by Australia’s largest financial planning groups to lift the education standards of financial planning professionals, calling it a positive step in... Read more continue reading