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AustSuper denies member exploitation of group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... not an issue." Silk did not deny that there has been a significant spike in claims, but he said it was an industry wide problem. "It's plainly not an AustralianSuper issue. You saw AMP have had two profit downgrades in the past two months - not a client ...

ASIC beefs up surveillance system

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... face issues in being able to keep up with the speed and sophistication of their own markets, which is obviously a huge problem if you're trying to police the market effectively," First Derivatives' director APAC Rob Hodgkinson said. "The system designed ...

Advisers should review aged care strategies ahead of reform

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... providers will encourage this with creative incentives offered to residents which is going to help manage the cash flow problem that many will face as a result of the introduction of the means tested fee," she said. "The current bonus bond strategy may ...

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... said that the emerging trend for Australian super funds to take their investment operations in-house could exasperate the problem, as few will have the necessary analyst coverage to build an accurate picture of geographical exposures. While index manufacturers ...

Group insurance faces 'perfect storm'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... niche. I think you can judge their behaviour and try to tell them to back off, but I think ultimately we've created that problem." Both Owen and Williamson discussed mental illness claims through total and permanent disability (TPD) schemes, questioning ...

Bad estate planning advice is getting clients in trouble

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... advisers to build a good referral base with at least two or three lawyers they can send their clients to when they identify a problem in the will. "Financial planners are not lawyers and they're not supposed to act as lawyers, but they do know what a ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... that following several years of surprisingly subdued inflation, investors are in danger of being complacent about the problem. "Markets are always complacent because they tend to only forecast one year ahead. Investors should take advantage of the opportunity ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... develop new infrastructure, but that finding the funding for it is difficult. "Increasing levels of debt are becoming a problem for all governments in Australia - maybe not as bad as other nations, but they are growing - and it is not possible to finance ...

Instos willing to improve data management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... State Street Global Exchange executive vice president Jeff Conway said. "Data without the ability to deploy it to solve a problem is just noise," he added. "As investment opportunities are increasingly harder to identify and more complex to execute ...