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Aussies to rely on govt when insurance falls short: survey

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
More than two-thirds of Australians are under the illusion that the Federal Government will provide financial support to families if a member dies prematurely - one of the misconceptions driving underinsurance. New research from Lifebroker shows consumer ...

Director charged in Westpoint case

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
A director who dealt in Westpoint promissory notes has been placed on a good behaviour bond after pleading guilty to carrying on a financial services business without holding an AFSL. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment, with an order that he ...

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... including the ability for the adviser to shift between different cash levels and also allow advisers to turn off the automatic investment option. The firm is introducing model portfolio services to the platform and implementing separately managed account ...

AXA revamps platform service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
AXA Australia is preparing to move its existing $14 billion platform business to an enhanced platform that uses DST Global Solutions' Bluedoor technology. AXA plans to move the firm's existing client book to DST's Wealth.net platform, which already ...

AustralianSuper revamps retirement investment path

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
AustralianSuper is introducing a new age-based default for pension members and implementing a different path for those moving from accumulation to pension phase. The super fund conducted a review of the risk and benefits of its balanced option, which ...

Coin upgrades SoA services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... insurance; Centrelink and estate planning recommendations. In addition to reducing the manual SoA editing time through the automatic population of key sections of the template, an important new feature is the inclusion of current tax and Centrelink rules ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... research. The arrangements were negotiated with CommInsure, the fund's existing insurer. On joining the fund, under automatic acceptance, members may elect to increase their death & TPD cover to 10 times their salary, capped at $1.5 million and to take ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

AFS to launch SMSF admin service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group is launching a self managed super fund (SMSF) administration service that could halve the time required to set an SMSF. Peter Daly, managing director and group chief executive at AFS Group, said the administration ...

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...