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MySuper spurred innovation and chased down fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
MySuper has been an overwhelming success, Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin has concluded, 12 months after the products went online. "Has MySuper worked? Absolutely," Dunnin said at a concurrent session designed to analyse the impact ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has confirmed that two members of the group's senior executive team will step down. CBA group executive of business and private banking Grahame Petersen will retire at the end of 2014 after nearly 35 ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Life insurance isn't yet seen as part of the national public policy framework for solving Australia's disability and healthcare challenges but maybe it should be. That was the question posed by FSC chief economist James Bond to a panel of insurance ...

Simplify your products, life insurers told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The struggling life insurance industry should focus on developing simpler products if it wants to avoid a repeat of its recent woes, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Ian Laughlin. While acknowledging the industry ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Though barriers to widespread adoption still exist, the funds management industry must be well prepared for the impending pilot version of the Asia Region Funds Passport if the long-term existence of the scheme is to be guaranteed. That was the consensus ...

FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The future of the life insurance industry depends on the deeper understanding and implementation of the biopsychosocial model, life company executives have heard. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) annual conference, Robin Chase of the ...

Future Fund posts 13.9 pct return

STAFF WRITER WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
The Future Fund, the sovereign fund set up to pay future commonwealth public servant superannuation liabilities has topped $100 billion and declared its long term investment returns. The Future Fund's provisional results for the 2013-14 financial year ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
Is this it? Is this the beginning of the end? The start of that big one - the correction - that many have been talkin' 'bout, at the very least, since 2013 became 2014? Perhaps... maybe... possibly. For Houston, we have a problem! Oh sorry Houston ...

NAB CEO rejigs executive team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
The new National Australia Bank (NAB) chief executive Andrew Thorburn made a splash on his first day in the role, fulfilling his promise to deal with legacy issues and making major changes to the group's executive team. The changes have seen the departure ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
The new aged care reforms have brought in revised rules and more complex scenarios. Against this backdrop advisers will become even more necessary, particularly as more Australians consider their and their families' aged care needs, Laura Millan writes. ...