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Challenger expands distribution reach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... is ramping up its distribution capabilities by launching its annuities on a fifth platform. Challenger fixed-term and lifetime annuities will launch on the netwealth platform. It follows an announcement in August that saw products made available on BT ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Innovation Award for the Qantas Health and Wellness Focus and Wellbeing App; and the Marketer Overall Product Award for Qantas Lifetime Protect - Income Protection and Life Insurance.

NobleOak wins best direct life insurer award

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... and the Customer Service Award for Life Companies. TAL Life also won four awards. It won the Term Life Award for its Lifetime Protect and Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award for its Insuranceline - Final Expenses Plan. It also won the Marketer Overall ...

QSuper hunts for new CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... building the in-house investment team from the ground up. "He was also one of the architects behind the award-winning QSuper Lifetime, Australia's first two-dimensionally segmented lifecycle investment option which at the policy level, advanced the ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... conditions affecting 10 different body parts, ranging from the heart and arteries to cancer and mental health. The average lifetime cost of cancer, for example, is $126,280 for individuals aged between 15 and 64. One in three will be diagnosed with cancer ...

AMP defaulted members as smokers: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... corporate super fund member saw his premiums jump from $206 per month to $1600 per month after he was moved to Flexible Lifetime Super, he said. "Delinking" involves a member leaving the employer-sponsored super fund but remaining with the super fund ...

Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... separate from the one announced this week. Scout has more than 65 investments across three fund vehicles. It has achieved a lifetime blended IIR of 18.4% since its inception in 2012. Auctus invests in alternative assets whose returns are not correlated ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... added: "This relationship further demonstrates superannuation industry leaders moving to meet the needs of retirees as lifetime income stream products become a mainstream option in retirement." The retirement income giant also released its 2017/18 financial ...

Financial abuse: A hidden epidemic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... literally mean the difference between life and death." About 16% of Australian women will experience financial abuse in their lifetime, ranging from controlling or restricting access to money to running up debt in a victim's name. In June, the Australian ...

Tenders on the menu for UK pension schemes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... views on non-financial matters when developing investment strategies. In its consultation submission, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) said it did not support the proposal, saying the changes were not practical or purposeful. The ...