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Life Insurance investment revenue takes a hit

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... bn. Total expenses, including net policy, operating, effective movement in net policy liabilities and changes in policy owner retained profits, were down from $19.34 bn in 2010 to $11.48 bn in December 2011. Net policy expenses stood at $6,152 million ...

Aviva rebrands to Antares

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Aviva Investors Australia will rebrand to Antares to match the branding of parent company MLC's existing institutional fixed income team with a managing director and head of equities also appointed. MLC acquired Aviva in October last year and has since ...

Platforms hoard cash amid FOFA uncertainty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Platforms are hoarding cash, according to the latest report from Investment Trends, as uncertainty surrounding FOFA implementation sees providers readying themselves for the possibility of rushing through development for compliant products. "FOFA reforms ...

Mortgage Choice to launch planning business

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Mortgage Choice will launch its own financial planning business during the next financial year as part of its own diversification strategy. Currently a large independently-operated mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice Limited, announced during its interim ...

Super accounts on path for consolidation: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
Up to 6.9 million inactive super accounts will be rolled over into active accounts once the Stronger Super reforms kick in on January 1, 2014 according to Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten. The Minister was in Melbourne this morning to launch ...

Pricing competition risks net returns from MySuper: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Industry fund dominance of simple, low-cost superannuation will be aggressively challenged by 'white hot' pricing competition that risks an inadequate focus on returns, according to Financial Services Council chief executive, John Brogden. Speaking ...

Orchard changes name to re-brand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Property funds manager Orchard Capital Investment has changed its name to Arena Investment Management. Arena was bought by the real estate arm of Morgan Stanley in a deal that was finalised last month, which also saw the fund manager recapitlised to ...

AXA FP advisers begin transition away from brand

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
As the AXA brand continues its withdrawal from the Australian market, AXA Financial Planning practices are being offered branding options including the offer to transition to AXA licensee, Charter Financial Planning. Under the Charter FP licence, AXA ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Celebrity investor Warren Buffett has reminded investors that they and their clients only make money if they buy assets that go up in value and avoid assets that don't. Writing an opinion piece for CNN Money magazine, Buffett, regarded as a leader among ...

UniSuper confirms working group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
UniSuper has confirmed it will establish a working group to review the defined benefit funding issues raised last year. The announcement follows a meeting held last Thursday between the UniSuper board, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the ...