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... "Commonsense has prevailed with the non-concessional contribution cap remaining unchanged." - Martin Breckon, technical manager at Aviva Australia. "The increase in Age Pension age, although unlikely to be popular, reflects the reality that Australians ...

AustralianSuper hires fixed income manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... John Hopper, to the fund's investment team. Hopper previously worked in a senior investment role at Portfolio Partners, Aviva Life and Colonial Mutual. He has expertise across a range of fixed interest investments including sovereign bonds, credit, currency ...

Industry backs Lifewise campaign

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Among the insurers throwing their weight behind the campaign are AIG Life, Macquarie, Suncorp, Zurich, TOWER Australia, Aviva Australia, Mercer, MetLife and AXA Australia to name a few. Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation ...

Life insurers post 18 pc plus growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
CommInsure, Aviva and AIG Life recorded 18 per cent or more growth in total risk premium inflows during 2008, around six per cent higher than the market average, according to Plan for Life. The latest report found AIG Life experienced the highest annual ...

Aviva names SMA distribution head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Aviva has appointed Stuart Fechner to head up the distribution of the firm's soon to launch Separately Managed Accounts (SMA). Fechner, previously a national key account manager for the firm's Navigator platform, takes on the newly created role of distribution ...

Aviva snaps up Russian pension

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Aviva plc has bought ING Group's $60 million Russian non-state pension fund business and its holding company. The pension fund has around 17,000 members and services large multi-national corporate clients. The holding company has more than $165,000 ...

Ausbil, Eley and Patriot top review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... Patriot Small Companies fund were the only three out of 41 funds to gain a 'highly recommended' rating from the ratings firm. Aviva Investors Small Companies Fund, Challenger Wholesale Microcap fund; Concise Mid Cap fund; Perennial Value Smaller Companies ...

Asteron adds to sales team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... life insurance and risk protection," said Stuart James, Asteron sales manager for South Australia. In February, Asteron and Aviva were joint award winners of the 2008 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) ...

Aviva offers insurance relief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Insurance provider Aviva has upgraded its product to allow clients, who recently lost their jobs, the option to waive premiums for up to a year. The option helps clients who become involuntarily unemployed because of the global financial crisis. Aviva ...

Tech unclogs insurance bottlenecks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... simple quotation software. Only three years ago none of the major insurers offered electronic underwriting. But today, AMP, Aviva, Macquarie and Tower are among those that have helped ease one of the bottlenecks in retail life insurance - the cumbersome ...