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AIA hoping to increase engagement through fitness

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
AIA Australia is hoping to increase Australians' engagement with the insurance industry through fitness and has started a pilot program that will fully launch in early 2014. The AIA Vitality program is a joint venture between the group insurer and South ...

AustSuper denies member exploitation of group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has denied that 'automatic acceptance' to the fund's group life insurance offering is being exploited. AustralianSuper's insurer, TAL, recently announced that its profits were down by almost 60% from the same ...

MySuper authorisations nears 100

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
There are now 97 MySuper products authorised, with all major employer super brands seemingly well positioned for the 1 January 2014 deadline. Significantly, Mercer's SmartPath and Russell's MySuper authorisations are now in place meaning that more than ...

Actuaries Institute names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... low income earners do not qualify for any tax breaks on compulsory superannuation contributions, as do other working Australians," it said. ISA said the repeal of the LISC will completely erode the retirement income gains expected to be realised from ...

Advisers still servicing few wealthy clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... very wealthy clients, despite the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform's objective of bringing advice to more Australians. Only 15% of Australians use a financial adviser, the Global Investor Pulse Survey by investment manager BlackRock found. Income ...

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... commission and publish a new Intergenerational Report to inform policy decisions regarding the ageing population. "Australians can be significantly bolstered by increasing the preservation age," Codina said. "It's now time to start closing the seven ...

David Murray to head financial system inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... questionable," the statement continued. The Government also confirmed Murray will head a Committee of four "eminent Australians" drawn from the finance, business and academic sectors. Among its considerations, the inquiry will be asked to report on how ...

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Former Labor minister for climate change Greg Combet will take up a position on the board of industry fund-owned investment manager IFM Investors. The appointment comes a month after it was announced that Combet would be taking up a year-long advisory ...

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
HESTA was named 2013 Super Fund of the Year at the SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning, Super IQ was named SMSF Provider of the Year and UniSuper was named the Consumer Choice winner. Attracting a crowd of almost 200 people representing ...