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Centuria Life launches investment bond funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
Centuria Life has launched three investment bond funds for investors seeking medium to long term investment options outside of super. The Centuria Cash Plus Bond is low risk and invests in Australian and international fixed interest portfolios with ...

AIA launches adviser support service

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
AIA Australia has launched its Business Growth Hub, a service aimed at supporting advice business owners. The service is available online and through AIA's client development team, and provides planners with strategic business advice on issues such ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this month and the milestone promised some exciting announcements. Darren Snyder talked to SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan about ...

Estate planning key to holistic advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Integrated estate planning services will become a critical competitive advantage in financial advice, according to Australian Unity Personal Financial Services chief executive Steve Davis. Speaking at the Australian Unity business update event in Sydney ...

Australian IPOs beat US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
New research from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) has found Initial Public Offerings made in Australia could raise more capital than they could in the US, despite the Australian market's smaller size and depth. MGSM dean, Professor ...

NAB pays $1.7 million in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
NAB has paid $1.7 million in compensation so far as part of its Customer Response Initiative. This follows on from the bank's August update, where it announced it would write to customers who had suffered "financial loss caused by inappropriate advice ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

FSI response fans default super flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
The government calling for another review of default super in its response to the Financial System Inquiry has inflamed the on-going row between the industry and retail segments of super. Industry fund body Industry Super Australia has questioned the ...

Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Investing in toilet paper and toothpaste type companies can feed a fund's growth on a day-to-day basis and help Australian investors survive local equities market turmoil. This is one part of an investment strategy deployed by senior fund manager for ...

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
On 15 September, Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as Australia's 29th Prime Minister. The new Prime Minister quickly identified tax reform as a priority of his economic vision in which he wanted to see a more agile, competitive Australia. The timing and ...