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Annuity sales boost Challenger results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Challenger's life segment continued to deliver in the 12 months to June as a result of the annuity provider diversifying its product range and expanding in to partnerships outside of Australia. The life business reported sales of $5 billion underpinned ...

AMP prioritises reinsurance, grows advice arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
AMP is ramping up its reinsurance strategy in an effort to release $500 million in capital from its life insurance business and curb volatile earnings in a "challenging industry." AMP chief executive Craig Meller today announced the company signed a ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
If anything, the National Australia Bank's July business survey added credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's optimistic take on the outlook for economic activity in the country, but not inflation which it expects "to pick up gradually as the economy ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
Ambitious financial services firms are driving Australia's global leadership in the development of blockchain technology, which is already delivering productivity and innovation benefits to the nation's trillion-dollar wealth industry. BNP Paribas Securities ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates by 25 basis points - repo rate to 6% (the first reduction in 10 months and the lowest rate since October 2010) and the reverse repo rate to 5.75% (reversing the 25 bps hike announced only four months ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
An industry super fund with $2.1 billion in assets under management is reducing its premiums on its income protection policy. Intrust Super's PayGuard policy premiums will reduce as much as 12% effective 1 October 2017. Intrust Super chief executive ...

DomaCom to ease issue of retirement funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
Fractional property investment platform DomaCom has signaled a move into reverse mortgage lending, confirming it is developing a senior equity release product to be available before 2018. In its quarterly update DomaCom outlined its plans for a senior ...

No age limit on great advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
ANZ Wealth is encouraging financial advisers of all ages to apply for the AFA Rising Star Award, saying there is a misbelief that it only seeks to recognise young advisers. Speaking to Financial Standard, ANZ Wealth head of sales Don Sillar said there ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
In his interview with 'The Independent' earlier this month, the Bank of England's (BOE) MPC external member Gertjan Vlieghe cautioned: "This is an environment where a premature hike would be a bigger mistake than one that turns out to be slightly late." ...

Sydney RE to pay for false ads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
The Federal Court of Australia penalised a Sydney-based managed investment services boutique for falsely claiming that its projects were approved by ASIC. Huntley Management operates as a responsible entity and custodian for registered schemes and as ...