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You got mail: Synergy

Funds administration provider Synergy Capital Management is saving up to $20,000 in administration costs each year by using software that improves mailing accuracy. Two years ago Synergy implemented a QAS address management solution which integrated ...

Salary sacrifice now three times more powerful

Salary sacrifice will become an even more powerful saving tool for Gen-Xers under Costello's latest Budget, allowing those 35 and under the option of saving at least three times more than in previous years. According to MLC, under existing rules, those ...

Cbus members snap up increase in cover

Industry fund Cbus' strategy of ramping up the insurance cover of members is proving to be a big hit with more than 99 per cent of eligible members saying yes to the initiative. In November last year Cbus kicked off a campaign of providing members with ...

Optimum gets a pre-Christmas product upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... corporate members. Optimum's insurance improvements include introducing extra cover for corporate members above the Automatic Acceptance Level (AAL) while corporate members wishing to apply for Income Protection and TPD cover now only need to be working ...

KiwiSaver appoints default providers

AMP, AXA New Zealand, ING (NZ), TOWER, Mercer Human Resource Consulting and ASB Group have been named the six default providers ready to accept members under New Zealand's KiwiSaver scheme to launch in July next year. Finance Minister Michael Cullen ...

Plum treads its own path past $8b

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... launched the Escalator Program earlier this year, a superannuation savings system whereby employees agree to increase their automatic super contributions annually by a pre-determined amount. The extra retirement contributions are pre-set and automatic. ...

First State Super launches retirement products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
First State Super has launched two retirement products, one for members transitioning to retirement and one for members who have fully retired. Michael Dwyer, First State Super chief executive, said, "An enormous number of people are saying at retirement ...

ING OneAnswer launches new adviser fee choices

ING has launched OneAnswer Select, a new product option on the OneAnswer platform that offers an easier and less costly alternative for financial planners looking to switch from commissions to a fee-for-service model. ING said that the product fully ...

MLC announces free insurance upgrades

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
MLC has announced a number of enhancements to its Personal Protection Portfolio (PPP) insurance package at no extra cost to new or existing clients. The insurance upgrades are effective immediately and extend to a range of PPP Critical Illness policies. ...

Return to sender costs millions: QAS

The humble mailing address is back in the spotlight as increasing automation of mail-outs means incorrect addresses are costing companies at least $25 million in 'return to sender' costs, and one too many irate customers, according to software firm ...