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TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... acting chief executive officer at Tyndall Investment Management. Clarke recently co-authored a joint report with Plan for Life, Direct Life Insurance in Australia: Racing onto the Radar, which predicted that - complementing strong growth in advised channels ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... according to ClearView's Clive Levinthal. A recent joint study by the life insurer and industry information supplier Plan For Life shows that premiums have fallen consistently since 2004. Life Cover premiums from December 2004 to June 2012 were analysed ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... the platform market reaching their lowest levels in ten years, a recent report reveals. According to a report by Plan for Life Actuaries and Researchers, the overall platform market fell by 1.4% or $5.8 billion in funds under management (FUM) to stand ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... it already accounted for 25% of life insurance sold in Australia, according to a report by the Oliver Wyman and Plan For Life consultancy groups. They said insurers need to find new areas where they could gain a competitive edge such as channel integration ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... corresponding 2011 figure. The 4.6% growth in funds during the quarter however will since have been undone, according to Plan For Life Actuaries, as global stock markets have continued their volatile course. Of the larger companies, BT was the only one ...

Plan For Life predicts retail managed fund growth

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Plan For Life's recent forecast of the Australian managed funds market sees retail funds growing $425.9bn by the end of 2021. Retail funds, which had $511.1bn in funds under management at 31 December 2011, are tipped to grow to $937bn by 2021, including ...

Life risk inflows up 10.4pct

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... premium sales up 17% as virtually all companies experienced growth in risk business, according to new figures from Plan for Life. The rise took total inflows to $10.3bn across the year with AIA Australia (33.5%), CommInsure (16.2%), Zurich (14.0%), BT/Westpac ...

Platform FUM plummets by $16.5bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... under pressure from volatile markets. The overall Masterfund market now sits at $411.3bn according to new data from Plan For Life, which was broken down into wraps, platforms and master trusts categories for the research. "Uncertain, volatile and more ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
In the new edition of Financial Standard we feature the recent AFA/Plan for Life awards and profile Peter Crewe, chief executive of AIA Australia, as well as all the latest industry news, views and regular features. For all the latest industry news ...

Retail trumps wholesale in managed funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... management, on the back of nervous investors and volatile markets. The latest analysis on the managed funds market from Plan for Life Actuaries identifies Schroders Australia as the only wholesale manager to report any significant growth in its funds ...