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Macquarie breathes new Life into insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... Sumo, catering for high net worth clients, has also been upgraded for advisers nationwide. Other changes include enhancements to FutureWise and Macquarie Life Active's income protection offerings and Macquarie Life's claims process. Its underwriting ...

AMP/AXA promises best of both worlds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... financial advice, with plans to use assets of the combined businesses to build value propositions to advisers. "These enhancements include new, competitive finance packages through AMP Bank and the broader rollout of AXA's North platform," Meller said. ...

OnePath upgrades OneCare

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... upgrades and the addition of ten new underwriters takes the products towards a complete life insurance package. "These enhancements provide broader protection with no increases in premiums - clearly a beneficial outcome in a society that is grossly under ...

CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... reduce adviser pen-pushing. "There's too much paper across the board," Bissaker said. "We are pushing (electronic) enhancements to reduce costs." Connectivity with planning software will allow advisers to populate forms directly from their programs and ...

AMP steps up adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... development through additional adviser newsletters that draw on the expertise within the group. Meanwhile AMP has announced enhancements to its online risk premium quoting tool, easyquote for independent financial advisers that will be available through ...

Plato poaches GMO quant

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... a senior portfolio manager. Thompson joins Plato from GMO, where he led research into equity valuation models and enhancements to portfolio construction for GMO's long-short funds. The appointment marks the second significant addition in a matter of ...

IBM Super upgrades online presence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... information about your super, presented in a way that is easy to understand," according to IBM Super. In terms of enhancements, IBM Super now allows their super members to track the progress of any request such as investment switches and downloading ...

Macquarie Wrap launches model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... adviser's business. "We are now looking forward to sharing this functionality more widely and examining what further enhancements we can make to Macquarie Wrap during the coming year," said Delaney. Model portfolios have always been available to major ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... per cent ownership of InsuranceLine. The group insurance arm also underwent through a number of new initiatives and enhancements. During the financial year, Tower has formed six new life insurance distribution alliances partnerships and one new industry ...

AMP Flexible Super records $1bn in FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... Hobern said feedback from advisers in the last six months have been positive, but the firm intends to continue adding enhancements to drive more inflows into the product. Part of this process involves widening AMP Flexible Super's appeal to advisers ...