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OnePath updates trauma definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
OnePath has updated more than 600 trauma definitions in a bid to be more customer-centric as part of its commitment to the Life Insurance Code of Practice. The review, which commenced in 2018, assessed more than 25,000 trauma policies to ensure the ...

Associations raise member outcomes concern

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
Superannuation industry associations are voicing their concerns over the proposed member outcomes framework, worried there is a disconnect between the law and APRA's expectations. APRA is busy working through submissions for Prudential Standard ...

AMP loses mandate to AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
AMP has lost a workplace superannuation fund contract to AustralianSuper. Australia Post has selected AustralianSuper as its new default super fund provider following pressure from the Communications Workers Union (CWU), the representative of postal ...

Fidelity launches new rating system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The US$412 billion fund manager Fidelity today launched a new proprietary system for rating companies, leveraging the firm's extensive research capabilities. Fidelity's proprietary sustainability ratings have been fully integrated into Fidelity's investment ...

Yarra hires head of macro, strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
A highly-regarded economist has jumped to Yarra Capital Management in a role that will advise the firm's fixed income and equities teams. Tim Toohey will work closely with Yarra on financial markets outlook and asset allocation, as its new head ...

Insurer to add value via tech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The battle for customer engagement and demonstrable value in the world of life insurance is leading to a raft of new offers, including a new wellness program from Zurich. Zurich today launched LiveWell, an app-based program that will reward customers ...

Retiree savings won't last: World Economic Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
The World Economic Forum has weighed into the debate on the adequacy of Australia's retirement income system, releasing a report declaring average Australians will burn through their retirement savings too quickly. The report, Investing in (and for) ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
What do we want! More rate cuts! The depreciation in the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.6902 immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) - from US$0.6949 a day earlier - released its 'Labour Force' report for May ...

Tribeca's Fenton to set up shop at Channel

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Platypus Asset Management. Fenton left the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund earlier this year, leaving his co-portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu as the sole manager for the fund. Liu joined the firm in 2005 as an investment analyst. She moved up to deputy portfolio ...

International firm acquires advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
A national financial advice group with more than 120 advisers on its books is to be acquired by a major Canadian wealth manager. Patersons Securities is being purchased by Canaccord Genuity via its Australian operations, Canaccord Financial Group. As ...