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Escalator take up reach 50pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Only a year after Plum Financial Service introduced an 'opt out' super contributions scheme, half of their 82-strong clients are considering to adopt the policy. The Escalator Program was developed to encourage employees to contribute more to their ...

BT Financial scraps opt-out cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... said the withdrawal of the 'opt-out' cover was instigated by concerns raised by a small number of members about the automatic nature of the cover. "Additional research across the membership base found there was a risk with the opt-out arrangement that ...

MTAA boosts insurance cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... and permanent disability (TPD) cover. In addition, many members will have access to higher levels of cover under the Automatic Acceptance deal. "In the new arrangements, MTAA Super and MetLife have worked toward addressing the underinsurance problem ...

Asgard automates data feeds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
Asgard Wealth Solutions has adopted External Platform Interface standards that automatically streamline customer data from the Asgard platforms to the desktops of financial planners using VisiPlan. Created by Coin and VisiPlan, External Platform Interface ...

Aviva breaks industry fund hurdle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Wealth management group Aviva has stolen the march on rival industry funds by combining industry fund-style simplicity with retail fund-style service in its Navigator Business Super. It's like Aviva has capitulated to, and yet conquered, competition ...

Vision Super teams up with CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... said. Michael Back, CommInsure head of wholesale risk, said the income protection arrangement provided a high level of automatic cover for members. "[This improvement] means the vast majority of members are fully covered and will not require any underwriting. ...

Web service climbs adviser wishlist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... and Integra Super were enhanced to include better online functionality. This upgrade included online video tutorials, automatic registration for member accounts online and an online tax file number submission application. ING Australia, with more than ...

Under Aviva's umbrella

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... advisers themselves and their relationships with their clients," he said. Approximately 7,500 members so far have received automatic death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover, while another 1,000 whose advised occupation excludes them from ...

JPMorgan Chase launches IPO STRATAS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
JPMorgan Chase has developed IPO Target Redemption Strategic Asset Securities (IPO STRATAS), a structured product based on an index that returned seven times more than the S&P 500 in the past five years. IPO STRATAS was created with Citibank and is ...

High conviction champions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
Opportunistic and high conviction funds passed the 'bear market test' with flying colours, based on recent performance data. Critics have argued that opportunistic and high conviction funds - designed to perform well during a market fallout - are so ...