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Capital protected products shine in gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Nervous market sentiment is prompting demand for defensive investments and sparking innovation with the Commonwealth Bank pondering new capital protected product structures. Moghseen Jadwat, head of business development for structured investments at ...

BT regroups for market push

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... facing the wealth management industry, such as the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, meant it was time for innovation to compete effectively. "We are seeking significant growth across super, insurance, advice and investments. Distribution will ...

Insurers want wireless relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... smartphone applications to build interactive relationships with consumers, new research shows. The report by Telstra, Mobile Innovation - The Next Frontier for Growth and Productivity for Insurers, found that pay-as-you-use policies adapted for mobile ...

Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... across the world. "It highlights how regulators always have a great deal of difficulty keeping up with financial market innovation," said Whiteley. But Whiteley said where super funds can really make their presence felt is as key influencers for hundreds ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... campaign in both the trade and consumer division for its 'Future-proof your retirement' campaign. It also bagged the best innovation of the year award for its Liquid Lifetime Annuities. Australian Super's Brook Carter and Paul Schroder picked up awards ...

Super industry reviews carbon tax impact

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... returns, and on which companies would be hit and which receive compensation. She said money would become available for innovation in renewable energy and that would create opportunities for super fund investment.

Euro solar attracting Australian investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... technology projects, examining new ways to support investment in clean-energy projects and provide additional support for innovation in a way that is supported by unions, environmental groups and superannuation funds. "Despite any pending agreement on ...

HESTA forms new relationship with CommInsure

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
HESTA has partnered up with CommInsure to offer income protection to age 67, moving away from OnePath. Starting from next year, HESTA members will receive improved death benefits. The super fund said that under the new insurance offer, a 40 year old ...

Super funds bidding to stem insurance shortfall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... Group insurance companies are experiencing a shift in the focus of super fund clients with an increasing impetus on innovation, simplicity and slick claims processes. As funds look to play their part in tackling Australia's under-insurance problem, they ...

LGS sees benefits in clean energy co-operation

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... scheme. "We are examining new ways to support investment in clean-energy projects and provide additional support for innovation in a way that is supported by unions, environmental groups and superannuation funds who want to invest in the technology," ...