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MLC Life updates retail insurance product range

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... insurance officer Michael Rogers said informing the design of its products is extensive customer, adviser, and licensee research. "Advisers want to provide their customers with greater flexibility and options in their policy, including higher income ...

Insurance, retirement product excellence recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... investment and retirement solutions. The assessment for the awards is based on an independent, objective and transparent research process conducted by Plan For Life Actuaries and Researchers. Generation Life took out the Overall Investment Bond Excellence ...

Yarra Capital adds sustainability lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
Yarra Capital has appointed its first chief sustainability officer in Erin Kuo. Kuo is tasked with leading Yarra's corporate sustainability and work closely with Yarra's investment team on ESG integration. Kuo most recently worked as a consulting, advising ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... return of 9.2% per annum against a target of 6.6% per annum. For comparison, over the same period, Rainmaker Information research said the median MySuper product returned 8%. Explaining the results, Costello said: "As was anticipated by the fund, the ...

Australia among top 10 financially inclusive markets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... globe. Principal Financial Group's Global Financial Inclusion Index, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, is built around three pillars - government, financial system, and employer support. The data revealed Australia came in ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... said that primary issuance, issuer communications with public side, large transactions and unpublished price sensitive research are all activities with higher inside information risks. Further, it said: "Participants should be aware of the potential ...

Brighter Super hires former Sunsuper investment manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... credit. Huang joins from ANZ Private Banking, where as a senior portfolio manager, he was responsible for investment research, governance and fund manager review across several asset classes. Before that, he worked at Sunsuper for seven years as an investment ...

Quantifying the value of a financial adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... weighted, appropriate asset allocation, behavioural coaching, choices and trade-offs, expertise, and tax planning. "There is research that suggests that asset allocation drives over 85% of the investment outcome for an individual, yet this critical step ...

Jarden restructures, shuffles team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... Malcolm Jackson as chief executive. Meanwhile, Jarden Investment Bank will comprise Advisory & Capital Markets, Equities & Research, Energy & Renewables and Agriculture, and Capital Solutions, including Pearlfisher Capital and Principal Investments. ...

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... reopening the stapling issue because for too long there had been multiple accounts eroding members' fees. Meanwhile, new research from Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has found that products which failed the annual super performance test have on average ...