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Industry fund teams with Challenger on retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... the Age Pension, the guaranteed income accounts can be used to fund essential living costs such as food, clothing, and insurance. The income can be paid monthly, quarterly, half yearly of annually. Off the back of announcing record annuity sales of $2.2 ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... 500 asset owners in the world - comprising large pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowment funds and insurance companies - representing $45 trillion. When the project was launched 10 years ago, only 2% of that $45 trillion could be ...

Pressure on advice practices means time for rethink: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... Planning Solutions, distributed by parent company ClearView, says pressure placed on businesses by factors such as the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) and the proliferation of automated advice will see advisers providing comprehensive strategic advice ...

MLC Life creates four adviser engagement roles

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
MLC Life Insurance, the insurer established after NAB sold its life insurance arm to Nippon Life, has created four new business engagement manager roles. The managers will join MLC Life Insurance's retail business from May 1 and will focus on assisting ...

Unclaimed money hits $1.1bn: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Some $1.1 billion of unclaimed money is lying in dormant bank accounts, life insurance and shares, according to ASIC. There is about $62.5 million in unclaimed life insurance policy payouts; $458 million in bank accounts and $309 million in shares and ...

ASIC signs fintech agreement with Indonesia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... fast-growing financial technology sector which is impacting areas such as payments and transfers, financial management, insurance, lending and finance, retail banking and markets, exchanges and supporting services. Providers are offering services including ...

Asteron Life rewards healthy lifestyles

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... Asteron Life is rewarding financial adviser's clients who have a healthy lifestyle with the introduction of several life insurance discounts. Eligible clients will be provided up to 25% in savings by answering simple lifestyle questions. Asteron's head ...

Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... flood of angry consumer complaints. In a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Consumer Protections in the Banking, Insurance and Financial Sector, consumer protection group CHOICE published verbatim 771 consumer complaints about experiences in the sector. ...

Nominations for adviser award opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... in professionalism we see across the financial advice spectrum," he said. Asteron Life national key account and group insurance manager Daniel Waller said the award is an essential element in strengthening and developing the financial advice profession. ...

Technology features driving superannuation product development

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... 50 features it assesses into broad groupings spanning member services, investment flexibility, account flexibility, insurance options, financial advice and ancillary services. Member services is currently the most active area of fund development, the ...