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Insurance bonds meeting retirement income demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
Insurance bonds are rising in prominence as a way of addressing retirement income shortfalls, according to Austock Life. The bond issuer's research found retirees are increasingly looking for savings and investment vehicles outside superannuation to ...

Funeral bonds on the minds of advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Funeral bond provider Australian Friendly Society believes a combination of factors is driving an increased demand in the product's annual take up. Australian Friendly Society chief executive Mandy Cooper said over the past two years new business has ...

Well over $3m in super savings needed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
The $1.6 million superannuation savings cap should be at least doubled, according to the SMSF Owners' Alliance and research from former head of the school of economics at the University of New South Wales, Ron Bewley. The research concluded that "around ...

AMP wealth management cashflows up 72%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
AMP's wealth management net cashflows jumped 72% in the first quarter to $363 million, up from $211 million for the same period last year. AMP's North platform was a key growth driver of the rise with $1 billion in net cashflows for the quarter, the ...

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
MetLife has launched its long-awaited new suite of retirement products, which it has called MetLife Max. The suite of products combines two accumulation products, one of which is capital guaranteed; two transition-to-retirement products (TTRs), one ...

AMP migrates platforms into North Online

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... family and build their wealth - all the way through to retirement," she said. North was launched in 2007 as a capital guarantee solution and developed into a full wrap platform in April 2011.

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... have exposure to several asset class notwithstanding it is expected to be conservatively managed reflecting its capital guarantee structure.

ASIC raises red flag on capital protected products

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... labelling of unlisted retail structured products that are being promoted as having "capital protection" or a "capital guarantee". An ASIC report noted that these are complex investments of which retail investors often have a poor understanding. The report ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... statements or deceptive conduct. While Medcraft said the new guidance will affect everybody, when asked he did note Capital Guarantee Products, Contracts For Difference and synthetic Exchange Traded Funds had gain some attention due to confusion of consumers. ...

AXA releases new North

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AXA has officially launched its next generation of the North platform, revealing the upgrade to over 2,000 advisers on its roadshows this week. As previously reported by Financial Standard, the North's new generation platform builds on the capital guaranteed ...