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AMP launches group insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
AMP has launched AMP Group Insurance, a new offering that combines the best features of AMP and AXA's existing stand-alone group insurance products. While the AMP Group Insurance is now open to new business, the existing AMP and AXA-branded stand-alone ...

APRAs' best intentions misleading: Super industry

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
Superannuation members could be scared off growth assets by APRA's communication of investment risk, said three industry organisations. In a letter sent to APRA, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Actuaries Institute and ...

Shareholders force RE change

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Shareholders with around 10% of issued capital in the direct property investor, 360 Capital Industrial Fund, are attempting to replace the responsible entity. The group of investors is seeking to have 360 Capital RE limited replaced with Denison Funds ...

MySuper Bill could expose individual trustees to legal action

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Superannuation reforms could leave individual trustees open to litigation, causing a group of representative bodies to write to the Federal Government to voice their concerns. In a joint submission, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Failure by stockbrokers to adapt models to target what matters most to high net worth (HNW) clients has seen an exodus from traditional relationships. While the GFC and market volatility resulted in risk and capital protection being ranked most highly ...

Hyperion makes family office hire

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Hyperion Asset Management has hired Stephen Tilston as associate director in a bid to focus on the boutique institution and family office space. Tilston will now take responsibility for institutional business development within this portfolio. Formerly ...

Fractional prop trading platform gets AG backing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
DomaCom's internet-based fractional property investment trading platform has signed its first group of foundation partners. The platform allows home owners to realise cash by selling shares in their property, akin to an equity release scheme but done ...

Regulation biggest concern for SFOs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Tax and regulatory issues are the biggest concern for single-family offices in terms of risks to managing investments, according to a survey from J.P. Morgan Private Bank. A poll of 125 single family offices (SFO), each with more than US$100 million ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
A group of Trio fraud victims is meeting with Bill Shorten, minister for superannuation and financial services, to demand that they be compensated for their losses just as members of regular super funds were compensated. John Telford, secretary of the ...

NIIS development on track

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
The advisory group established by the government following the Productivity Commission's inquiry into a National Disability and Insurance Scheme has endorsed the Gillard government' policy approach. "The Advisory Group's work on the issues associated ...