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Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... superannuation assets at retirement will be around $1.6 trillion. How these retirees use their assets in retirement will be a major issue for them, as well as for the government and the superannuation industry. Boal says that DLAs are a valuable insurance ...

FSC appoints three board directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... transformation for financial services in Australia, an industry which is now well-positioned to become Australia's next major area of growth". Maher also thanked the four outgoing directors for their service to the FSC board. "Steve Tucker, Pauline Blight-Johnson ...

Retraction: Walther resigns from PIS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... new standard in the industry." Walther's appointment from US insurance broker Marsh back in August 2011 was reported as a major coup for the country's largest non-institutionally owned dealer group at the time. RETRACTION: An earlier version of this ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... drag, keep interest rate payments from ballooning and support growth," he said. "Until the countries backing the world's major reserve currencies put in place credible policies to control their growing debt burdens, the public will look to gold as one ...

REST granted MySuper authorisation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... executive Damian Hill said. "While the MySuper default offerings will have similar characteristics prescribed by legislation, a major differentiator is that industry funds provide for the needs of a very specific demographic. By design, industry funds ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... Ongoing eurozone concerns will not help." The data sparked a sell-off of mining stocks in Europe on Monday because China is a major consumer of raw materials. HONG KONG - Asian markets have slipped after a disappointing batch of Chinese growth figures ...

Major reshuffle in insurance league tables

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
While AMP retained its top-ranking in the recent Plan for Life research, the numbers suggest big swings in market share and the top ten list.. The research focused on the life insurance risk market inflows and sales during 2012 and revealed that MLC ...

Elana Rubin resigns from TAL board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... shareholder in May 2011. "Elana has been an outstanding director for TAL and made a tremendous contribution during a period of major evolution and growth for TAL," TAL chair Rob Thomas said. The TAL executive team and management expressed their appreciation ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... cents, or 50.41 per cent, to 60 cents after it issued a profit warning, citing challenging market conditions. Among the major banks, ANZ was 17 cents higher at $28.86, Commonwealth Bank rose 38 cents to $68.43, National Australia Bank climbed 10 cents ...

Provisio releases member-to-adviser tech tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... online calculators. Provisio, which was acquired by Rubik Financial last February, is already providing the service to three major industry superannuation funds and is discussing the solution with retail advisers, dealer groups and institutional advice ...