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AXA real estate bullish on Japanese debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... initial Yen15 billion ($175 million). The primary investment into the vehicle has come from a Japan-based AXA Group insurance company and the firm expects additional flow from other insurance subsidiaries and third party institutions. The Japanese Commercial ...

AMP/AXA promises best of both worlds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... "safeguard the interests of existing customers". AMP said that it would use the next two years to develop a new retail insurance product range that is a mix of the best qualities of the AMP Flexible Lifetime Protection and AXA's Elevate insurance offerings. ...

TWUSUPER upgrades member insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Transport and logistics industry fund TWUSUPER has strengthened its insurance package for members, offering increased death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover. As of May 28, the $2.4 billion fund will implement a raft of changes having ...

Planners wrapped with super app

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... online tools, but we have seen a big uptake as funds begin to appreciate apps." Other soon-to-be launched apps such as an insurance-needs calculator will target the planners market.

CFS builds in corporate super

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... retained benefits category, allowing members and advisers to immediately receive benefits such as wholesale rates on insurance and avoid fees when moving super funds. "This enhancement to FirstChoice Employer Super sets a benchmark in the corporate super ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... annualisation of superannuation portfolios rather than a system where retirees are free to withdraw a lump sum. He said insurance solutions should be considered rather than just the current wealth-management approach. Lifetime annuities needed to be ...

Advisers launch FOFA attack

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... scrap their most hated measures. The two key points adviser groups want scrapped are the ban on commissions from risk insurance in superannuation funds and the biennial opt-in requirement. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has led the charge ...

TOWER completes share sale

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... November, said in a statement to the ASX that shareholders will be paid $4 per share. TOWER is merging with Japanese insurance company Dai-ichi Life in a $1.2 billion deal, agreed in December 2010. Dai-ichi has held a 29 per cent stake in TOWER since ...

ASX fines broker for bad behaviour

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... was only $8.40, causing the market price to increase unfairly. The broker was also caught up in disorderly trading of insurance broker QBE on March 9, 2009, when CMC Markets wrongly entered an ask price of $10 for 20 million shares when stock last traded ...

Platforms secure planners direct shares preference

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... don't prefer platforms due to cost, a major barrier in terms of platform direct share offerings. Justin Delaney, head of insurance and platforms for Macquarie Adviser Services said planners prefer platforms as running a portfolio of direct equities is ...