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GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Competition in superannuation is continuing to gather pace with the launch of GROW Super, the latest boutique direct product aimed at millennials. GROW Super is offered through LESF Super in association with Diversa Trustees. What makes this product ...

Australians pass on life insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian parents experience anxiety about their family's future but remain woefully unprepared for the long-term financial burdens associated with the event of a death. The latest Real Insurance Family Protection Survey finds one in four Australian ...

Big banks pay $60m in advice refunds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
AMP, ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac have to-date repaid $60 million out of an estimated $204 million for charging clients for financial advice that was not provided. This news follows the October 2016 release of ASIC's report into the advice businesses of ...

Perennial micro-cap fund gets Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
Lonsec gave Perennial's new micro-cap trust a "Recommended" rating. The Perennial Microcap Opportunities Trust aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index after fees over rolling three-year periods by investing in 30 to 70 listed ...

Colonial First State upgrades managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
New managed accounts capabilities will be rolled out across Colonial First State's FirstWrap and FirstChoice platforms ahead of managed accounts being made available on FirstChoice later this year. As part of a tailored solution for a range of licensees ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Governments increasingly withdrawing support for retirees and ageing populations is a worrying global trend, but presents an emerging opportunity for the insurance industry to fill the gap, new research from reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Women in Super (WIS) continues its advocacy for better female representation on superannuation boards and leadership roles through its scholarship programme, now in its third year running. The national advocacy and networking group has collaborated ...

Pathway offers virtual workspace for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Netwealth's licensee services subsidiary Pathway has partnered to provide advisers with access to a digital workspace where they can interact with clients. Teaming up with Suitebox, an enhancement to Pathway's XPLAN Model Office service will enable ...

Liquidnet acquires global tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Institutional dark pool network Liquidnet is preparing for changes to European Union markets regulation through the acquisition of a global provider of equity analytics. OTAS Technologies, established in 2011, currently provides equity market analytics ...

Insurtech here to stay: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Digital insurance technology companies or 'insurtechs' are failing to exploit opportunities in the industry, a new study found. Joint research conducted by global consulting firm Oliver Wyman and German insurance startup Policen Direkt shows the second ...