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TAL increases focus on direct insurance with buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... shares that it didn't already own of online life insurance comparator Lifebroker business. Lifebroker provides consumers choice and comparison of life insurance products from a range of different life insurance companies. TAL chief executive Brett Clark ...

Kinetic Super to use IFS advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... model for our members. Members are increasingly seeking advice in areas such as insurance, contributions and investment choice, and this service will assist them, at no additional cost." IFS chief executive Bill Danaher said he was "delighted" with the ...

COIN updated software focuses on scaled advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... advice will cover retirement adequacy, super comparison, transition to retirement, contributions optimiser, investment choice within super and insurance. The updated software also focuses on Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) compliance. "COIN 4.2 will ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Partly explaining the mixed results is that retirees are now spending less each month, possibly because they have no other choice. The report noted that debt repayments amounts had dropped 12% in the past year, motoring expenditure had dropped 9%, furniture ...

Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
While investors and SMSF promoters point to taxation and compliance as the sector's biggest risks, human and lifestyle factors may actually be bigger threats. Last week the consulting group Deloitte generated much fanfare with a report containing projections ...

IOOF gets MySuper license

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... replace existing default products. "IOOF MySuper offers members an appropriate investment option for those who don't make a choice when they commence with us," IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher said. "Our superannuation platforms have always offered ...

Voting opens on SelectingSuper's Consumer Choice award

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
Rainmaker has opened the voting on its Consumer Choice award, a new category in the 2013 SelectingSuper Awards that will be announced on 21 November. The Consumer Choice award is open to all AAA quality assessed super funds. Members can vote for their ...

AFA unveils Female Excellence in Advice Finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... executive Brad Fox said the awards encourage more women to join the advice profession and allows Australians to have greater choice when selecting an adviser. "Boosting the number of female advisers in the profession is essential. It is a well-established ...

Market Vectors set to launch four Australian equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... mainstream tools for investors. FoFA and MySuper are going to be catalysts for growth with investors demanding greater choice, transparency and ease of trading at a lower cost," Neiron continued. Market Vectors already has a significant presence in the ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... demonstrates why EMs should be in the radar for mainstream institutional investors, he added. "Investors are spoilt for choice now, unlike a decade ago." The rapid correction and re-correction to EM currencies was also somewhat artificial, he said, pointing ...