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Hostplus brings insurance fees down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
From tomorrow Hostplus members will see a 3% insurance premium decrease across death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) products. The premium decrease follows negotiations and a recent partnership renewal between Hostplus and global life insurance ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
In a world where beating the benchmark is not enough, investors need to target returns above inflation. Laura Millan asks industry leaders how to succeed in the current economic environment. There was a time when investing was a matter of coming up ...

Victoria firm appoints senior investment adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
An independent investment advisory firm in Victoria has appointed former CIMB Securities director of institutional sales to the role of senior investment adviser. James Smith will be in charge of leading Providence's office in Melbourne, which opened ...

Life powers Chinese insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Life insurance is the primary driver of the rapid growth of China's insurance industry, according to research from credit agency Dagong. Dagong's report showed that life insurance represented 62.7% of gross premiums written at the end of 2014. Similarly ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Treasurer Scott Morrison confirmed that the government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is "proceeding and close to completion," despite the recent Liberal spill and cabinet reshuffle. Morrison addressed the media along with Finance ...

QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The investment philosophy at QSuper is being continually debated but the fund's strategy has performed "as hoped for", producing stable returns despite random outcomes of markets. QSuper repositioned its investment strategy over the past six years post ...

Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... being seen as crazy loonies to a general agreement that coal is a bad investment," Wood said. She explained that institutional investors are overall more receptive, want to have an appreciation of the stranded assets in their portfolio and are aware ...

Outsourcing is the future of compliance

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The wealth management sector will increasingly outsource its administration systems to streamline compliance issues, according to Bravura Solutions Asia Pacific managing director Roland Slee. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Slee said that because ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... agricultural entities as viable investment options," the research said. ANZ released new research this week which said institutional investment into Australian agriculture, especially in grains, continues to lag, and more is needed to drive broad scale ...

FSI panellist challenges ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Murray Inquiry panellist Professor Kevin Davis has proposed an alternative model for the sale of ASIC's Business Registers. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, has released a discussion paper, titled Privatising ...