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New portfolio manager at IOOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... team. He added the firms' focus is remaining firmly on providing superior investment returns for investors through its premium, fully-active IOOF MultiMix range of funds and the new low-cost active range of IOOF MultiSeries funds. Melbourne-based Crisci ...

AIA grows health insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... ranging from the basic package to the top level of cover for families. Actively engaged members may also be eligible for premium discounts via the AIA Vitality program, which incentivises them to improve their health and wellbeing with rewards such as ...

easyMarkets launches SMSF tool, appoints MD

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... Traders Group. He holds more than a decade of experience in markets trading and trading education, having previously managed premium accounts at multinational FX brokerage firms GFT Markets and AxiTrader, as well as being the vice-president of forex ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... year's high of US$0.7733 recorded in late March. The rationales were rational enough: Australian bond's shrinking yield premium over US Treasuries - from a peak of 42 basis points to a low of 16bps in late May; commodity prices were falling - the Bloomberg ...

Steady increase for life insurance premium flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
Life insurance premium inflows inched 2.1% in the 12 months to March, the latest analysis from Strategic Insight shows. The report, which analyses life insurance across group risk insurance, individual risk lump sum and risk income insurance, found ...

Cbus slashes insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... focus on ensuring they've got the cover they need while maximising their retirement outcomes." Key changes: Death + TPD: premium rate reduction of 25% ($3.58 to $2.68 per week cost per unit for Death and TPD cover) - this includes 40% reduction to TPD ...

Optimo introduces robo platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... to "make it work," he said. The tool can be customised by its user to reflect their own branding and offers a range of premium services, including a comprehensive paraplanning service. Bannister said that future versions of the technology will leverage ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
An industry super fund will reduce its insurance premiums by 6% and has pledged to lock the reductions until 2020. From 1 July 2017, Hostplus members will receive at least a 6% reduction to Death and Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) premiums. Hostplus ...

Aussie large cap funds underperforming: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... competitive advantage; low debt and strong management teams. But quality companies failed to reward managers a return premium in the past year, which historically outperform the benchmark by 2.6% per annum over a 15-year period. Nguyen added such companies ...

Disengaged members vulnerable in super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
A review by ASIC into member experience with superannuation has highlighted a number of key vulnerabilities for consumers. The report, which mapped three stages of the superannuation lifecycle - joining a fund, participating in a fund, and changing ...