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FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill believes that under new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the debate over older Australians should shift from cost to contribution. Alongside 11 representatives from organisations across Australia, O'Neill ...

Midwinter unveils digital advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Software provider Midwinter has revealed its "holistic" digital advice solution, with the company insisting it's not 'robo advice'. Based on the company's AdviceOS software, the platform will enable clients of AFSLs to self-process simple scaled advice ...

Midwinter launches scaled advice division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Software provider Midwinter has set up a scaled advice division and appointed a former Fortnum Financial executive to lead the company's strategy in this area. Halie Samson will be head of scaled advice at Midwinter and was previously project manager ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was unchanged ...

Advisers see regulated robo-advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
Two-thirds (68%) of financial advisers see automated advice software as an "opportunity", according to a Midwinter survey. Midwinter managing director Julian Plummer argued that the survey - which tracked the responses of 288 financial advisers - indicates ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
I thought that in my lifetime I would never see someone out there in this galaxy wishin' and hopin' and prayin' higher oil prices to be. (Apart from those extracting, producing, investing in and lending to oil companies and nations, that is). And oh ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a subdued performance on Wall Street with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 flat in late afternoon trading. At 0905 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Nikko Asset Management has increased its overweight in global equities in light of a positive macroeconomic environment and accommodative US monetary policy. The global investment committee of the Tokyo-based asset manager decided to raise its overweight ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Making potentially misleading statements in a product disclosure statement (PDS) has seen National Australia Bank (NAB) get a $10,200 penalty from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator was concerned that the PDS ...