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Who's better who's best

... places for Best International Shares Super Funds. CommBank's CommInsure also took the gold award for Best Term-Certain Annuity. But with new player MetLife taking the number two spot, this confirms that MetLife is a player to watch in this space. AMP ...

CommInsure joins life insurance innovators

... CommInsure is another insurer that has responded to market pressure to innovate with its launch of a hybrid insurance annuity product that blends traditional annuities with market linking. CommInsure Managing Director, Simon Swanson, describes the product ...

MetLife to target advisers

... target financial planners in its new distribution campaign following the completion of its acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity and CitiGroup's international insurance operations last Friday. MetLife today officially become the third largest annuities ...

Annuity asset test changes lead to strong inflows

... time last year, on the back of changes in the asset test exemption for complying annuities that led to noteworthy one-off annuity sales. At the end of the September 2004 quarter total life office statutory fund assets backing Australian policyholder ...

Annuities come under divorce settlements

... time for couples separating through the Family Court. Under the new law a separating spouse who is not a member of an annuity fund will be able to access a share of the member spouse's annuity when they reach retirement age. Eligible annuities which ...

Q3 $257 million net cash flow for AMP Financial Services

AAP | TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2004

... confidence, a strengthening brand and more favourable market conditions. He also said there were particularly strong flows into annuity products during the quarter, ahead of changes to asset means testing that were introduced on September 20. Net cash ...

Challenger disappoints investors with big goodwill writedown

AAP | TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2004

... the pending introduction of international accounting standards, and reflects a conservative approach to the outlook for annuity sales post September following changes in the Federal Government\'s retirement income policy,\" Challenger said. \"It also ...

Rush on for Immediate Annuities: Aviva

The $1 billion complying Immediate Annuity market will reduce by 50% post 20 September when the current 100% asset test exemption is reduced by half, Aviva said yesterday. Aviva raised its ranking to third from ninth in the annuities market during May ...

Challenger says divests non core property assets

AAP | TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004

... centre, were assets of the Challenger Life company property portfolio, which largely underpins Challenger's complying annuity products. Challenger chief executive officer Chris Cuffe said Challenger was taking advantage of the current strong investment ...

Baby boomers to be urged to rethink early retirement

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004

... to include tax breaks, social security incentives and changes to income and asset tests to encourage people to take an annuity. Part-time work combined with a part pension is another option to keep older people working longer. The paper may also flag ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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