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Mercer selects customer management platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... said. The deal comes on the back of several movements at PractiFI in 2015, including AMP practices adding the OmniLife research tool and the completion of a $1.3 million seed funding. PractiFI chief executive Glenn Elliott said the implementation at ...

TAL, Zurich dominate life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... analysis of 640,000 premiums, along with 50,000 different benefit options across different insurance products. Canstar research manager Mitchell Watson added that "reporting on the performance of the life insurance sector for the period ending 31 December ...

IOOF appoints head of best advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... Australia executive to the role of head of best advice, following media leaks that revealed misconduct within the advice research division. An IOOF spokesperson confirmed to Financial Standard that Paul Cullen will be IOOF's head of best advice. Cullen ...

Gradual progress on super fund digital engagement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... available. There has clearly been a technical decision to focus on mobile optimisation versus the development of apps. The research again revealed that online transaction capability varied greatly across the sector.A At the broadest level, all of the ...

Alphinity wins AMP Capital mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... "some investment personnel departures." She added, "AMP Capital's Multi-Asset Group, in consultation with AMP's Advice Research Team, has reviewed the managers within the AMP Capital Specialist Australian Share Fund and made some changes to the manager ...

PractiFI expands with $1.3m seed funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... financial advice practices. After announcing that several AMP practices had adopted the software, it added Omnium insurance research tool OmniLife to its suite of services. "PractiFI is the only wealth platform that integrates best-of-breed industry ...

First State Super socially responsible options go green

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... from fossil fuel, but Brandweiner said that the fund will introduce energy ratings to the companies it invests in. "Our research will focus on the companies' resilience to climate change, the existence of stranded assets and the ways companies are dealing ...

AMP loses risk lump sum market share

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
AMP lost risk lump sum market share to OnePath, TAL and others, according to Plan For Life research for the year to June 2015. Plan For Life's risk market report for the year ended June 2015 shows that overall inflows into the lump sum sub-market grew ...

Pension and retirement strategies a global problem

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... gaps unless a defined long-term vision and strategy is developed. This is one of several key themes arising from global research released by EY today. About one-third of 200 policymakers, pension industry executives and corporate employers from across ...

Blue Sky adds maths software company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... school mathematics software. The capital will allow the company, which was founded in Brisbane in 1997, to invest in the research and development of its suite of products and expand its sales force. Blue Sky said the kindergarten to fifth grade school ...