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Zurich buys Macquarie Life

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
Macquarie Group has entered into an agreement to sell its Macquarie Life insurance business to Zurich Australia. The deal will see Zurich's in force premiums go from $370 million to roughly $610 million, effectively increasing the size of the life business ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
BT Financial Group has been awarded 2015 Life Company of the Year at a ceremony hosted by Plan for Life and the Association of Financial Advisers in Sydney last night. BTFG collected three of 13 awards on offer, also winning the Income Protection Award ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
At the time of this writing, the A$ is fetching around US$0.7350 - after appreciating from US$0.7175 to US$0.7295 after the National Statistician released the Australian economy's scorecard that showed much higher growth than expected in the last quarter ...

Reducing concessional contribution caps would hurt: SMSFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said any political move to reduce the ability for people to make pre-tax superannuation contributions would unfairly hurt generations X and Y "who have not had the opportunity to build their superannuation ...

New how-to guide for ESG reporting

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
The Financial Services Council and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors believe 13% of ASX 200 companies currently fail to provide meaningful information on sustainability factors and a further 17% provide only basic information. In turn ...

FIIG appoints new WA director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has appointed experienced bond fund manager and dealer Darryl Bruce as director - Western Australia. In his new role Bruce will be responsible for growing FIIG's business in WA with a focus on middle markets ...

Investment analysts overpaid and mostly redundant: Moore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
An obsession with peer risk and swollen investment teams in the funds management industry means end investors are getting expensive and mediocre performance from closet tracker funds, according to veteran chief investment officer of PM Capital, Paul ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
This was totally uncalled for particularly for those "experts" still calling for the Australian Reserve Bank (RBA) to cut interest rates again - with some expecting another 25bps shaved off the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) as early as May. ...

First State Super announces new custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
First State Super has announced it is appointing State Street to provide custodial services at the $52 billion industry superannuation fund. State Street will now provide master custody, investment administration and custody ancillary services, and ...

Back-office upgrade is front of mind for time-conscious advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
Client data processing has always been a perennial pain in the back office because advisers have to re-key the same information multiple times. A new deal between netwealth and IRESS plans to change that. Platform provider netwealth and software solutions ...