Ross Higgins Board Member, Generation Development Group Limited (at time of writing) Ross J. Higgins is Managing Director of Austock Life and has a background in the financial services industry spanning more than 25 years, including 12 years at IOOF. Besides his experience with managed funds and insurance bonds, Ross is a financial services lawyer and a specialist in investment product development Ross has a Masters of Laws from Melbourne University, and Bachelors degrees in Economics and Law from Monash University.
ROSS HIGGINS | SATURDAY, 10 JAN 2009 When Ross Higgins joined Austock, he was asked to develop a new type of Insurance Bond. As Ross points out the Insurance Bond market has been moribund for many years because, "the Life Industry failed to move insurance bonds with the times by introducing ... Read more ROSS HIGGINS | SUNDAY, 1 JAN 2006 Financial advisers have a new way to improve after-tax investment performance for higher taxed clients. By using imputation bonds, they can combine the long-established taxation benefits of an insurance bond with an innovative, re-engineered investment ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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