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AMP taking its time with planning business

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... as Charter and Genesis but the AXA brand itself will have to be removed at the end of the two years," said Meller. "Our default assumption is that AXA branded products will switch to the AMP brand. "With AXA Financial Planning we are already talking ...

Cavendish, Super Concepts sign with SMARTwrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Cavendish Superannuation and Super Concepts have agreed to be the default administration providers for a SMARTwrap offering for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The two SMSF administration providers have signed a heads of agreement with provider ...

AustSafe give SuperChoice clearing job

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... fund via a comprehensive payroll upload system. The exchange and superannuation contribution service currently handles default and choice contributions made by over 50,000 employers on behalf of 1.75 million employees annually and is projected to process ...

New index launched to track super knowledge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... to be done. "Alarmingly low levels of Australians (6 per cent) have taken up their super fund's offer to top up their default insurance cover in the past year, with only 55 per cent knowing they can increase their insurance coverage via super," he sa ...

More time needed for Stronger Super side issues: Costello

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... response to the Cooper Review. In his speech he raised the cost of comprehensive advice and said it can not be included in default superannuation products. He said people in default strategies needed better value for money, and should not bear the cost ...

Adviser remuneration debate sparks fly

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... president of AFA. However the difficulty in demonstrating long term retail out-performance in flagship balanced, growth or default options for employer super funds is hampering the ability of the advice sector to hammer home its claims. New modelling ...

Equipsuper launches 'clever' insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... said Danielle Press, chief executive officer, Equipsuper. As of June 1 2011, new members receive four times salary as default cover with an option to increase by an additional two multiples without underwriting. They will also automatically get salary ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... stay silent for long. Moody's has reportedly downgraded Greek debt three notches from Ba1 to B1 - raising the spectre of default - and warned that this may be slashed further. I don't know about you but if you're still in Greece given the warning signs ...

StatewideSuper upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover for all existing members. The new upgrades will provide members with higher default cover and the option to take advantage of occupation scales at no extra cost. "The introduction of occupationally-based insurance ...

HESTA posts bumper January returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... territory. Shares Plus followed with an increase of 1.3 per cent, followed by HESTA's largest fund Core Pool. The member-default fund is believed to have more than $10 billion in funds under management. The property fund showed the lowest return of 0.2 ...