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LIF to be introduced this week

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The legislation for the Life Insurance Framework will be formally introduced into parliament this week, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. Responding to questions from industry journalists at the AFA National ...

Bravura hires product manager from BT

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... regulatory pressure, a need to reduce costs and the demands for a digital and mobile experience we are receiving increasing interest from the life insurance sector looking to consolidate systems and to modernise and simplify their technology environments. ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Agenda, however there is still some head scratching about the best way to be involved. "There is an emerging and new interest in ways that superannuation might engage with innovation and science. The National Innovation and Science Agenda sparked a strong ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... TPD definitions and fee arrangements for lawyers and data; while the AIST has established its Insurance Community of Interest initiative to combine benefit design, practice, system and data issues. The industry bodies state: "Group insurance in superannuation ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Understanding local, long-term structural trends is key to preserving investment value and unlocking performance growth in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, according to TH Real Estate. The firm's head of global research Alice Breheny ...

Retail funds trailing NFPs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... the report, was property, which delivered 25% in the year to August 31. Australian equities delivered 9.3% and fixed interest delivered a relatively strong 6.2%. International equities only contributed 1.1%, which the report said "means funds with relatively ...

Findex hit with penalties

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... "non-aligned" could have led consumers to believe services being offered by the Findex group were not affected by any conflict of interest such as commissions, however ASIC found the services offered were likely to have been affected by: "commissions ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Indexed annuity bonds are expected to experience sales growth over the next 12 months as the reality of low interest rates and high volatility drives more investors to the asset class. FIIG Securities national manager of adviser services, Simon Michell ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... currencies deployed by central banks to grow economic growth and inflate consumer price inflation. Don't get me started about interest rates and bond yields. From almost equal highs of 5.25% back in 2007 the US fed funds rate is currently at 0.05% and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... The Central Bank of Russia cited the continued slowdown in inflation and receding inflation expectations when it cut interest rates by 50 bps to 10.0% after its 16 September meeting and promised to keep rates steady till "end-2016 with a possibility ...