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MLC revamps insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... one insurer is not only easier to manage but it's also now more cost effective," he noted. Additionally, product enhancements have also been made to Income Protection, Critical Illness, Life Cover and Total & Permanent Disability. "These improvements ...

AMP launches group insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... unique requirements of a selected group of employees within bigger businesses. AMP Group Insurance also has a range of enhancements and new product features available to new business, including automatic cover for new employees, under certain conditions. ...

AMP updates FLP insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
AMP has added a range of enhancements to its Flexible Lifetime Protection insurance offering to remain competitive in an ever changing environment. John Ashton head of product on-sale for Retail Wealth Protection at AMP said changing work patterns ...

Macquarie focuses on independents with Visor

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... Visor 4.0 will include mobile and online access to a variety of desktop features as well as a number of FOFA related enhancements. It is currently in development with the expectation of a launch later this year. The latest package release, 3.9 in July ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... tax was like putting up a wall between annuities and the people they were designed for, she explained. But product enhancements in modern annuities have addressed at least some of these concerns, said Hutchinson. "We enhanced the product to remove many ...

Instos reach tipping point on EM PE

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... strategies, according to Blackburn. "We've also recently done a deal in Turkey where we liked the type of operational enhancements they've been able to bring to underlying portfolio companies," Blackburn said. In 2011, emerging market funds represented ...

SFG rolls out FOFA-ready MDA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Solutions is administering the new offerings via the Symetry Endeavour Portfolio Service. The rollouts constitute enhancements to services conceived in the Snowball business prior to the merger with Shadforth. "We have worked closely with the SFG Australia ...

Macquarie AS updates term deposit offering

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... the time burden on both parties, simplifying the whole maturities process. "Similarly, the term deposit datafeed enhancements provide greater integration with software which helps streamline processes, allowing advisers to spend less time on administration ...

$2.8bn in lost super found

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... government has been working to make it easier for Australians to be reunited with their lost super and has recently made enhancements to the Australian Taxation Office's online tool SuperSeeker that assist people in keeping track of their super. Meanwhile ...

CFS upgrades its FirstWrap Platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Colonial First State has made enhancements to its FirstWrap platform in response to adviser requests for improved technological efficiencies. FirstWrap is a leading online platform used by advisers who want access to wide ranging technologically oriented ...