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Nine in 10 Australians can't get no insurance satisfaction: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Only a select few among working Australians are on top of their insurance needs, leaving the door wide open for financial advisers who have mastered the ins and outs of good insurance. Late last year, insurer Zurich surveyed 394 working Australians ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... institutional clients will become more aggressive over the next year," Towers Watson head of investment strategy in Australia Tim Unger said. "This catches our attention as we rate developed market equities 'neutral' (as of February 2014) compared to ...

HIP Super CEO resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Health Industry Plan (HIP) Super chief executive Ross Bernays has resigned from his role effective immediately and ahead of the super fund merger with Prime Super. HIP Super confirmed Bernays' resignation and a spokesperson of the fund told Financial ...

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
MetLife has launched its long-awaited new suite of retirement products, which it has called MetLife Max. The suite of products combines two accumulation products, one of which is capital guaranteed; two transition-to-retirement products (TTRs), one ...

Blue Sky hires ex-Certitude exec to run new office

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Listed alternative investment manager Blue Sky has appointed ex-Certitude Global Investments executive Laz Siapantas to run its new office in Melbourne. Siapantas has been appointed as Blue Sky's new key account manager and will be responsible for servicing ...

Compliance costs Aussie advisers $15k versus global peers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The extra time Australian advisers spend on administration and compliance compared to global advisers is costing them more than $15,000 a year, according to research by CoreData. Administration and compliance make up about 30% of Australian advisers' ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Go ahead punks, make my day! Did Russian President Vladimir Putin just give the G7 a two-handed one finger salute? This is if latest reports are true that Russia has given Ukraine's military forces in Crimea to surrender or face an all out assault ...

BT Life appoints chief underwriter

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
BT has appointed a new chief underwriter for its insurance business, after its former chief underwriter was promoted to the role of national manager underwriting of new business and claims. Richard Zarzeczny will be replacing Tracey Crowe and will be ...

Advice numbers and client claims hit PIS results

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The fall in advice numbers and the increase in client claims hit Professional Investment Services (PIS) revenue, which fell 7% during the first half of financial year 2014. Centrepoint Alliance-owned PIS reported that net revenues fell by 7% to $11.497 ...

AMP migrates extra $14bn to North platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
AMP has completed the consolidation of a number of its products to its flagship North platform, the technology for which is provided by DST's Bluedoor. The consolidation of AMP's iAccess, Generations and Summit products to the one platform involved ...