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Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As more superannuation funds and investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the ...

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Infrastructure manager Whitehelm Capital has acquired a portfolio of regional and compressed natural gas refuelling assets from electricity and gas giant AGL. Whitehelm Capital purchased the assets on behalf of Sustainable Energy Infrastructure, which ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Industry stakeholders expect 90% of Australia's superannuation funds to sign the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice before March 31, despite its several shortcomings. ANZ, AustralianSuper, MLC, MTAA Super, REST Industry Super and ...

MetLife expands retail life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
MetLife is ramping up its retail life insurance offering with two new appointments. Casey Sugden joins as senior sales manager for Victoria and Tasmania, tasked with leading adviser engagement and growing the regional sales team. Sugden was most recently ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Superannuation funds with significant levels of female leadership again outperformed funds dominated by men, and have increased their likelihood of doing so, Rainmaker research reveals. Rainmaker assessed 66 super funds to derive a W-index score and ...

MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
MetLife Australia is included among a $10.9 billion custody mandate awarded by its global parent across three key Asia Pacific markets. The US-based life insurer awarded the US$8.7 billion ($10.9 billion) custody mandate to HSBC Securities Services. ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... determine whether the advisers are acting in their clients' best interests. Separately, ASIC announced Suncorp subsidiary MTA Insurance will refund young customers who were sold add-on life cover that had little or no value via car dealerships under ...

Industry fund cuts life premiums, renews insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
An $11 billion industry superannuation is reducing its life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums for younger members by as much as 50%. MTAA Super recently renewed its long-standing partnership with MetLife to June 2020. The pair ...

Retail MySuper outpacing NFP products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Retail MySuper products grew four times faster than not-for-profit (NFP) products in the year to September, Rainmaker's latest MySuper report shows. The pool of retail MySuper assets grew 24% year-on-year to $610 billion, while NFP assets increased ...

MetLife tracker enhances claims experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
MetLife Australia has enlisted an industry super fund to help launch a digital tracker aiming to add value to members' claims experience. The digital claims tracker updates customers on the progress of claims in real time via desktops, tablets and mobile ...