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Hultgren appointed MDRT Australia chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... (MDRT). The MDRT is one of the premier global associations for financial advisers. It was formed in 1927 when 32 life insurance agents who had each sold at least $1 million in life insurance formed an association to promote high-standard and professional ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... 3,049.41. The market jumped from the opening after the Labor Department reported that weekly new claims for unemployment insurance fell sharply to their lowest in four and a half years, a good sign for the ailing US jobs market. But later suggestions ...

APRA releases MySuper transition guidance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... package containing a response paper and the final prudential standards that complete its review of life and general insurance capital requirements. The aim of APRA's review has been to improve the risk-sensitivity of the capital standards for insurers ...

Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... number one product class US investors are requesting advice for, according to a new report on the US annuities and the insurance sector by Cerullui Associates. "Annuities are the most unsolicited products requested by clients," they noted. "We've seen ...

AFA conference boasts biggest turnout in 20 years

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... leave no stone unturned when it comes to tackling the financial planning sector's most pressing matters, be it FOFA, insurance claims or portfolio construction. The event's highlight includes a platform panel chaired by ABC's Leigh Sales, which features ...

NRMA partners with TAL for life insurance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Insurance Australia Group owned NRMA Insurance has formed an alliance with TAL to offer its customers a new life insurance product. The partnership is first of its kind and will see TAL provide life insurance policies on behalf of NRMA Insurance. Andy ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... this year is Westpac's $1.6 billion offer, followed by ANZ's $1.5 billion offer. Joining the hybrid party is listed insurance company Suncorp with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid two weeks ago. The Commonwealth Bank is also tapping into the ...

Yield at any cost flawed: GSAM

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... sector perspective the results season largely reinforced our key positions. We remain underweight metals and mining, insurance and telecoms. By contrast to our position on resources we are overweight energy. "We are also overweight transport where we ...

Zelman opens new advice business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Melbourne-based life insurance specialist Aaron Zelman has opened up a new risk advice practice under the dealer group Synchron umbrella. The new advice practice, LifeScope, was created to provide expert risk-only advice to business owners, executives ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... investments into the country. "Ministers will consider allowing overseas companies to own as much as 49 percent of local insurance ventures, from the current 26 percent, and for the first time permit foreign direct investment of as much as 26 percent ...