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Better insurance for WA LGSP

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... place. From 1 January, no prior approval is required. These are just two of the 11 changes following WA LGSP's decision to upgrade its insurance. The fund had sent out letters to members explaining the changes, along with a copy of the new product disclosure ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Tower Australia is looking to upgrade its Accelerate offering in 2009 by fine-tuning its tele-underwriting service to churn out decisions in less than three days. According to Brett Yardley, head of offer strategy at Tower, development projects for ...

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services and New South Wales Treasury Corporation have teamed up to launch My Queries, a client support system developed by BNP Paribas, in Australia. My Queries is a web based automated query management and client support system ...

VFMC restructures investment teams

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... chief executive and director Sydney Bone said the group is "reorganising the investment team as part of a restructure and upgrade of [VFMC's] capabilities". The restructure is already underway, with Laurence Irlicht, previously the quantitative analysis ...

Insurance still tops: super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... only $1.50 a week whatever the state of their health," said Super SA board presiding member, Hedley Bachmann. This latest upgrade follows two others that Super SA have made in recent years. Upgrades in February 2007 saw Death and TPD cover extended from ...

Standard Chartered signs on SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... reconciliations platform. SmartStream said that Standard Chartered is hiring its services as part of an ongoing strategic review to upgrade its solutions. Standard Chartered has chosen to integrate its existing reconciliations process into a single reconciliations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... - The Nikkei average rose 1.8 per cent on Wednesday, buoyed by a jump in retailer Seven & I Holdings after a brokerage upgrade, though automakers weighed on the market in the face of a sharp drop in US car sales. The benchmark Nikkei added 140.41 points ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
BT Financial Group has improved the features of its Westpac Protection Plans and BT Life Protection Plans to provide wider coverage across illnesses. The firm has revised its definition cancer conditions to include Colorectal cancer and Chronic Lymphomatic ...

IRESS risk research improves

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... available from each insurer under both a stepped and level premium structure. IRESS Research Manager Louie Dimovski said the upgrade can help advisers show their clients that even with a limited budget, they too can purchase a reasonable amount of cover ...

Northern Trust upgrades consultant service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
Northern Trust enhanced the reporting capabilities of its web portal service for asset consultants. The Passport's homepage has been designed to ensure all client information is at the fingertips of asset consultants. The interface is available at all ...