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Zurich revamps life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
Zurich is offering "generous" rate reductions and discounts on a number of its life insurance products in a major upgrade since acquiring Macquarie Life. The insurer announced it will reduce rates for term, and total and permanent disablement (TPD) ...

Vanguard appoints new head of investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Vanguard is reshuffling its Asia-Pacific investment team, appointing a new head of investments in the process. Daniel Reyes, currently heading up Vanguard's US advised portfolio solutions team, will take on the role. He replaces Rodney Comegys, who ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
After a round of fee cuts at Vanguard, Platinum Asset Management and K2 Asset Management, it's clear headline fees are currently front-and-centre in funds management - and research argues there may be different ways to tackle the issue. The latest paper ...

Spreads reduced in bond trading facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Multi-asset trading and investment specialist Saxo Capital Markets is reducing spreads and increasing execution times for fixed income securities. The move comes six months after the launch of the firm's digital bond trading solution which covers more ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." This is one of the immortal quotes from the 1939 classic movie, "Gone With the Wind" and, it appears, the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term ...

Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
From 1 July the Future Fund will have an investment mandate that targets a return of CPI plus four to five per cent. Overnight the Federal Government registered a revised investment mandate for the Future Fund, better reflecting global investment market ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
The S&P 500 index notched another fresh record high overnight - up by 0.3% to 2,404.39 points - and the VIX index dropped to a reading of 10.02 - the market has never been this fearless in more than 23 years (January 1994 when the index read 9.94) - ...

Big four hammer bank levy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac have taken to the ASX to criticise the Government's new bank levy, with some saying it will hit customers hardest. Westpac chair Lindsay Maxsted said in an open letter that the new levy is "bad public policy that targets just ...

FSC and EY seek WAMtech revolution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
The Financial Services Council, in conjunction with professional services firm EY, is calling on the nation's most innovative fintech developers to help revolutionise the Australian wealth and asset management industry by taking part in the inaugural ...

Life insurance market flat: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
The life insurance market experienced weak growth in the last three years despite the significant amount of marketing effort and money spent on rejuvenating the industry, a new report shows. Product innovation and intensive marketing activities by insurance ...