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Statewide revises down investment objectives, ups fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... industry superannuation fund has issued a notice to members detailing changes to investment fees, admin fees, insurance premiums and investment objectives. Statewide Super has revised its long term investment objectives for high growth and conservative ...

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... planner, such as through government fees and charges, cost-recovery levies and increases to professional indemnity insurance premiums, and the impact they have on the affordability of advice.

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... earnings yield and subtracting the return investors would get from owning government bonds, Douglass argued that risk premiums had averaged out. "The risk premium on equities is at its 120-year average," he said. "If this interest rate world is real ...

Madison advisers loyal amid sale

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... licensing and compliance. Madison's advisers look after about $3.8 billion in funds under management and total in force premiums of $65 million on behalf of their clients, according to the sales flyer published today. Madison's revenue was not ...

Group premiums rise 34%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Members of Defence Bank Super and Crescent Wealth Super have been notified their insurance premiums will increase 34%, after TAL advised it would increase premium rates. The funds informed members the changes were as a result of recent legislative changes ...

Colonial First State cuts fees, closes legacy options

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... effective June 1. As insurance commissions come off these products and the FirstChoice wholesale personal super option, the premiums will be lowered, according to CFS. FirstChoice Employer Super is closing legacy options (transferring them to other open ...

Cbus overhauls insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Cbus is changing the way it calculates insurance premiums, with members set to pay more for death and TPD insurance cover. From April 1, Cbus members' insurance premiums will be based on their age in a move designed to more closely reflect what it costs ...

TAL loses super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... appointed Hannover Life Re to take over the mandate. Freedom of Choice said the change will result in a reduction in premiums for the majority of members and improvement in a number of policy terms and definitions for death, TPD and income protection ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... CommInsure Protection customers with the benefits of Priority Protection, where the upgrade does not result in an increase in premiums. "Our commitment to support CommInsure customers is unwavering; their existing cover remains the same, with the certainty ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
Members of a $25 billion industry superannuation fund are set to pay higher insurance premiums from April 1, with some paying up to 20% more for death and TPD. VicSuper has notified members their insurance premiums are increasing as a result of the ...