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ING IM deal sees UBS climb the ranks

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
UBS Asset Management has agreed to acquire ING Investment Management, in a deal that catapults the Swiss firm to the ninth biggest fund manager in Australia. The deal, which is subject to Dutch Central Bank approval, takes UBS' funds under management ...

Direct insurance secures major player status

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
Direct insurance occupies 17.8 per cent of new sales market, securing its place in the insurance industry and as a real competitor to advisers and group insurance alike. According to latest figures from Rice Warner Actuaries' latest Direct Life Insurance ...

New talent celebrated with AFA award

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for its 2011 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award. The AFA's Rising star of the Year Award (Award) is designed to celebrate the talented newcomers in the world of financial advice. Established ...

FOFA opens estate planning doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
More advisers want to move into estate planning and aged care as fee-for-service reforms opens new business opportunities, according to OnePath. Adviser concerns and industry questions have been particularly focused on estate planning and aged care ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Existing government rules on certain retirement products are stifling growth and innovation in annuities - affecting how super funds can address longevity risk, according to a Towers Watson report. Under the current tax and the age pension means test ...

Platforms bounce back after GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Platform funds under administration (FUA) by end December 2010 reached $397 billion, just below its pre-GFC $400 billion 2007 peak, meaning that as terrible as the GFC fallout was, it only set back Australia's wealth creation plans by two years. The ...

OnePath upgrades OneCare

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
OnePath has added new features to its life insurance offering, OneCare, and online application, OneCare Express. OneCare and OneCare Express policyholders will have greater trauma benefits while advisers should have better access to the underwriting ...

OnePath upgrades OneCare tracking

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Advisers using OneCare can better monitor what happens during the underwriting phase of their client applications after a system upgrade rolled out this year. Onepath has launched an online application tracking system on its OneCare life insurance. ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

Lombardo walks into OnePath

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Claude Lombardo has taken over as the new Group Underwriting Manager at fund manager and life insurers OnePath. Lombardo, an underwriting specialist with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, replaces Huw Parry who left the ...