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Australian Retirement Trust reduces fees, ups premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... support, premiums will increase to ensure we can continue to support our members now and into the future. We don't take premium increases lightly, and over the last decade we have only ever applied premium increases twice across the board for the ...

Morningstar downgrades PIMCO, Vanguard funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... diversified fixed-interest portfolio, though its pricier fee dulls its lustre slightly... This ESG variant does charge a premium, compounded by higher additional expenses from derivatives, and this sets it back a touch under our ratings framework." Meanwhile ...

AustralianSuper to decrease premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... will soon see the cost of their death and TPD cover drop. About 97% of AustralianSuper's insured members will receive a premium reduction across death, total and permanent disability, and some income protection policies from May 27. The weekly cost of ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... cover at some funds versus others, it found. ASIC said all 15 trustees now do some monitoring of member outcomes, such as premium affordability for certain cohorts. However, it said trustees need to do more - fewer than half of trustees regularly compare ...

Virgin Money Super ups premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Virgin Money Super is increasing insurance premiums on death and TPD cover from April 22. Members have been notified that premium rates per week, per unit of death only cover will increase from $0.41 to $0.55. For death and TPD will increase from $0.67 ...

Spirit Super negotiates premium drop

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... life of the agreement, Spirit Super said. Fees for death and TPD cover will be reduced by between 14.2% and 24.8%, while income protection cover will drop by 7.7%. The new agreement with MetLife came into effect yesterday. Spirit Super chief executive ...

ClearView offloads managed investments unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... million. Underlying net profit after tax jumped 46% to $19.4 million. The last six months saw gross life insurance premium income increase by 8% and new business rise by 9%. "Off the back of material industry and regulatory changes, the life insurance ...

New head of private debt at QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... purpose-driven capital solutions that combine the stability of infrastructure assets with the downside protection and complexity premium of private lending. The fund has since launched its multi-sector private debt capability that seeks to deliver for ...

Lendlease launches first BTR project in Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... Australia chief executive Dale Connor said. "In the Australian market we believe there's strong demand for long-term, premium rentals in quality locations. "Our partnership with QuadReal will bring the best of our shared global experience and capability ...

Global X to launch Covered Call ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... multiple income streams from within the fund, it added, with all underlying dividends and franking included with the options premium in distributions. "Few strategies have thrived in the recent volatility, but covered calls look to be well positioned," ...