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Commissions survive as life remuneration bill flatlines

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
The Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 has lapsed due to prorogation, leaving the future of risk adviser remuneration unclear. The reforms in the bill banning volume-based payments, capping commissions and implementing ...

Van Eck launching infrastructure and dividend ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Van Eck has announced it will launch two new ETFs on the ASX. The VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF will track the widely-used FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure 50/50 Index (Hedged AUD), giving Australian investors access to global ...

Ibbotson adopts Morningstar brand

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Ibbotson Associates Australia has announced it will rebrand under its parent company. From July 1, Ibbotson will be renamed Morningstar Investment Management Australia, a move that Ibbotson managing director Chris Galloway said is a "further step in ...

CommInsure appoints independent review panel

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
CommInsure has appointed its independent claims review panel to address "complex claim assessment." The goal of the panel will be to address issues where CommInsure's claims committee recommends a "complex life insurance claim" be denied; in these instances ...

Royal Commission won't hit banks where it hurts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Labor's proposed $53 million Royal Commission won't change big bank behaviour like losing market share to smaller competitors would, according to the Customer Owned Banking Association. COBA chief executive Mark Degotardi argued in a statement that ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Norges Bank has announced that 52 coal companies, including two Australian ones, will be excluded from the roughly $1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global. The exclusions came after the introduction in February of a new "product-based coal criterion" ...

Managed fund outflows push product providers to change strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
Steady outflows from managed funds since the GFC indicate that retail product manufacturers need to move to new solutions, according to Rainmaker Information research. The Rainmaker Advantage report for the December 2015 quarter shows that, in every ...

Allianz Pacific corporate and specialty CEO moves to regional role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (AGCS) Pacific's chief executive will move to a regional management role in June. Holger Schaefer has been chief executive of AGCS Pacific since 2010, having expanded Allianz's insurance capabilities and client ...

SSGA restructure sees distribution head depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
State Street Global Advisors' head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand has departed following a management restructure. Peter Mitchell joined SSGA in 2011 and was responsible for institutional and retail investment solutions, covering ETFs ...

SPIVA report paints sad picture for active management

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) report shows that the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over five-year periods. The one exception to this rule was Australian equity small- ...