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Zurich launches optimised adviser portal

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Zurich has launched its new adviser portal, ZLife, designed to give advisers a new level of visibility and efficiency to manage their Zurich customer portfolio. Replacing Zurich's Adviser Assist portal, the mobile optimised portal allows users to view ...

Impact investing on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Two global asset managers were in Australia recently with the aim of spreading their message about trends in impact investing and its suitability for institutional investors. Sustainability specialist at RobecoSAM Private Equity, Silva Dezelan, said ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used his budget reply speech last night to label the government's superannuation changes as "retrospective" and reaffirm Labor's election policy on the $2 trillion industry. On Tuesday the government announced ...

TAL launches online policy upgrade service

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
TAL has launched an online service to allow paperless upgrades of life, TPD and critical illness insurance policies. The Cover Upgrade Express service is designed to simplify circumstances where policies might be upgraded, such as, in TAL general manager ...

Centrepoint appoints former HUB24 director

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Centrepoint Alliance has appointed a former HUB24 board member as an independent non-executive director, effective immediately. Joining Centrepoint as a director is Hugh Robertson, who will also be a member of the firm's group audit, risk and compliance ...

Asteron Life upgrades adviser facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Pending remuneration changes in the life insurance industry has led to Asteron Life launching its upgraded adviser service fee facility. The enhanced facility enables an automated collection and payment service for advice fees charged to clients, which ...

NAB launches asset backed green bond

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched Australia's first Green ABS securitisation transaction for FlexiGroup. It represents Australia's first Australian-dollar denominated, publicly offered asset-backed green bond and the world's first "Climate ...

Infrastructure Capital Group targets $1bn for asset purchases

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Fund manager Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) is looking to raise $1 billion from domestic and international institutional investors to add quality established infrastructure businesses and new development projects to its mid-market infrastructure ...

Research shows ethical investing at tipping point

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Six million working Australian's are "highly ethically active" according to research conducted by Australian Ethical, which the asset manager said would lead to mainstream products adopting tighter ESG screens. Australian Ethical predicted that the ...

Perennial proposes Century restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Perennial Value Management has submitted a restructure proposal to Century Australia Investments. In an ASX statement, Perennial said that while Century "has historically operated independent of the investment manager," the proposal "would be to the ...