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Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... presumption there would be a resolution between Greece and its creditors. "That has got people taking back a bit of the risk premium they might have discounted over the last couple of days," Mr Spooner said. "The overall sense is that probably there ...

Industry moves away from upfront commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... 2017. They will settle at 60% from July 1, 2018. As a consequence, ongoing commissions will represent maximum 20% of the premium after January 1, 2016. There will be a three year retention period, also known as clawback, starting January 1, 2016. It ...

Investors concerned smart beta lacks transparency

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... investors. Ease of implementation, low turnover and transaction costs were rated 3.66 on a scale from 0 to 5. Rational risk premium was rated at 3.61 and documentation of the factor premium in empirical literature at 3.45. The survey obtained responses ...

Boutique managers consistently outperform: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... and indices over the past 20 years, global research found. US-based Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) study The boutique premium found that over the last two decades the average boutique outperformed the average non-boutique in 9 out of 11 equity product ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... jawboning of the superannuation group insurance sector, the regulator recently reported a 20% annual increase in insurer premium income. Specifically, average sum insured per dollar per week has fallen 4.6% over the past 12 months for combined death ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... $14.5 billion in the year to March 2015. Research by actuarial firm Plan for Life shows that individual risk lump sum premium inflows accounted for the majority of the total, with $6.4 billion coming in during the period. This was followed by group risk ...

Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The latest in a gamut of life insurers to adopt, or at least consider, hybrid commission structures comes from Suncorp-owned Asteron Life. Following recent announcements by Centrepoint Alliance, AMP, Fortnum, Findex and Centric Wealth, Asteron Life ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
Infocus Wealth Management says it is in discussion with organisations and employer groups to further its outsourced financial advice services nationally. The announcement comes on top of Infocus now providing its financial advice services to industry ...

Super life insurance misconceptions addressed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The sale of life insurance through superannuation funds has extended both sectors' reach yet the extra exposure is sending mixed messages to current and potential customers. On one hand life insurance payments and claims have been increasing as members ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
Corporate super representative group CSSA is calling on the industry funds movement to apply its standards of financial planning in the superannuation sector. Recently the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption announced it was ...