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Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Infrastructure investors which become heavily involved in infrastructure development must reconsider investment approaches in 2018 as tried-and-tested project management models do not fit modern demands. Global infrastructure financing firm AECOM recently ...

Phone leads life insurance sales: Roy Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Using the telephone was the most popular means of purchasing life insurance policies in the year to November, the latest Roy Morgan survey shows. One-quarter (24.7%) of the 7632 consumers polled in Roy Morgan's Single Source survey rang the company ...

Industry fund cuts life premiums, renews insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
An $11 billion industry superannuation is reducing its life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums for younger members by as much as 50%. MTAA Super recently renewed its long-standing partnership with MetLife to June 2020. The pair ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
An increased appetite for portfolio diversification has seen investors increase their exposure to managed funds, according to Investment Trends research. The 2017 Investor Product Needs Report found the vast majority (84%) of respondents recognised ...

International automotive alliance launches new VC fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is launching a new corporate venture capital fund. Alliance Ventures, in which the alliance plans to invest up to US$1 billion - starting with $200 million in year one - is targeted at fostering development in ...

IOOF research boss tenders resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
IOOF's group head of research and portfolio construction, who took over the company's research functions in early 2015 after the acquisition of SFG Australia, will leave in March next year. Matthew Drennan took on the head research role around the same ...

Centuria Capital appoints Macquarie veteran to board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
Centuria Capital has appointed Macquarie's former risk management division director to its board. Evelyn Horton joins the board while also serving as a director at MLC Superannuation Trustees, Motor Accidents Insurance, Mission Australia and the Tasmanian ...

Government superannuation reforms shelved

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
The Federal Government has been forced to pull its controversial superannuation bills for the year after losing the support of key crossbench senators. The bills were reintroduced in September and, among several policies, attempt to strengthen APRA's ...

Government superannuation bills will stand despite Royal Commission: O'Dwyer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
The inclusion of superannuation in the Royal Commission into banks and the broader financial services sector will not delay any proposed or announced policy initiatives on super, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
Despite the flurry of life insurance business sell offs, a new study found global life insurers are overlooking Australia for superior acquisition opportunities elsewhere in the Asia Pacific. Willis Towers Watson's analysis of merger and acquisitions ...