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Media Super to launch MDI option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... response to extensive member engagement, he said. "After my arrival at Media Super in March 2013 I commissioned extensive research (including focus groups) into member needs and in particular the reason why some high-balance members are (like in every ...

MetLife doubled group risk market share in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
MetLife Insurance doubled its group risk premium inflows and group insurance market share in 2013, Plan For Life research found. The life insurer's group risk premium inflows jumped by 110% and went from $222.28 million in the year ended December 2012 ...

Advisers to complete 60 extra education hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... conferences and discussion groups, tertiary courses provided by universities or registered higher education institutions. Research, writing and presentations of technical publications, peer review of research internet-assisted courses, attendance at ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... www.financialstandard.com.au, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

Robeco fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... up. Lonsec decribed van Vliet as a "motivated and capable investor" who has written academic papers on low volatility research and investing. Van Ditshuizen has 17 years' investment experience, all with Robeco. Lonsec said she has good complementary ...

GSAM global bond fund receives Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from research and ratings provider Zenith. The Australian dollar-based strategy is designed to provide income and total return through exposure to a broadly diversified ...

Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... on trust. Whereas Millennials want their adviser to prove the value they can add, they're more likely to do their own research and use technology to communicate," Tibergien said. He added that this difference was at odds with the demography of advice ...

New laws target promoters of early release schemes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... to allow the civil and criminal prosecution of the promoters of illegal schemes. AIST executive manager of policy and research David Haynes, said: "This data from the ATO shows that this is not a small problem and we welcome any measures that will promote ...

Industry overestimates amount needed for retirement

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... The amount needed to fund the average retirement is much lower than the global pension industry currently estimates, research from Morningstar shows. Using US government data and a "fairly simple" market and mortality model, the investment researcher ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... more than five million members across South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, China and Singapore. The program uses research in behavioural economics to stimulate people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. AIA Vitality members begin the program by completing ...