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AIA hoping to increase engagement through fitness

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
AIA Australia is hoping to increase Australians' engagement with the insurance industry through fitness and has started a pilot program that will fully launch in early 2014. The AIA Vitality program is a joint venture between the group insurer and South ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... APRA's mandated investigative reach fell short of preempting the Trio fraud. "APRA's focus is on governance of funds, the fitness and propriety of responsible persons, and investment policy," he said. "Supervision based on assumptions that governance ...

Energy Super first feature rollout

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... insurance and banking products are available. Deals on entertainment, motoring, telecommunications services and health and fitness also feature heavily in the program. In addition to the program, the fund has re-launched its website with upgrades in ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... regulator APRA has released revised trustee guidances on capital structures, risk management, resources adequacy and trustee fitness. Following other recent APRA guidance notes, this latest initiative signals a more activist regulator emerging post-GFC ...

Planner kayaks for men's health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... with diabetes and was told by his doctor that he is a perfect candidate for a heart attack because of his poor diet and fitness level. In response, he decided to change his lifestyle and take up kayaking. He has steadily progressed to a point now where ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... out of food because of soaring population. What happened? People in many developed countries are now obese, and gym and fitness shops and diet programs are thriving. The government rightly needs to have a ballpark forecast figure to base its current ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... if they are becoming too onerous. A trustee can be a company or group of individuals who meet the requirements of risk, fitness and RSE licensing. There are a number of organisations that will undertake the role of approved trustee and run the SAF. These ...

AIST calls for SMSF reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... knowledge of trustee duties for SMSFs," said Andrew Barr, AIST policy and research manager. For example, part of the "fitness requirement" of larger funds is to have a training program in place, he said. But having a training program in place after people ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... cent. Furthermore, over the next five years we will likely be inundated with sales people, secretaries, accountants and fitness trainers, as DEWR believes more than half of all new jobs will be in these areas. The manufacturing focus puts further pressure ...

AUI bulks up healthcare property portfolio

... vacant land and the Willetts Centre, which features psychological, chiropractic and holistic psychiatry practices and a fitness centre. Martin Hession, Australian Unity Investments' (AUI) head of property said that the region is ripe for more healthcare ...