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Advisers divided over health programs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
Life insurers increasing the awareness of client health and wellbeing programs still have hills to climb to win financial planner recommendations, latest industry research shows. An Investment Trends survey of 495 financial planners, completed in June ...

Charter Hall acquires $1.6bn property fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... Folkestone shareholders are set to receive $1.39 per share, including a special dividend of three cents. This is a 25% premium to yesterday's closing price of $1.11 per share. Charter Hall managing director and group chief executive David Harrison ...

Equip grows to meet demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
The $15 billion industry superannuation fund appointed a senior corporate growth manager in anticipation of growth. Charlie Yanni links with Equip from LUCRF Super, and previously held business development roles with Rest and ME Bank. According to Equip ...

YBR rejects 'opportunistic' takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... superior proposal, with the Mercantile Investment Company subsidiary offering 7.75 cents in cash per IPE share - a 23% premium above the last traded price before the offer of $0.063 per share. YBR listed on 1 January 2008 and traded at 10 cents at publication ...

Suncorp suppressed tax benefits to super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
The Hayne Royal Commission put the spotlight on obscure administration fees and intra-company arrangements, as well as tax benefits superannuation funds are withholding from members. Suncorp was in the hot seat this morning, represented by Maurizio ...

Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
The rate at which superannuation funds slug members fees is growing faster than the underlying assets being managed, latest research shows. Rainmaker Information's March quarter Benchmarking report shows members paid a total of $32 billion in super ...

Life insurance loyalty waning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... This was followed by 50 to 64-year-olds which accounted for 35.7% or 360,000 of the total. The biggest driver was better premium costs, with 42.8% of respondents citing this reason for considering switching. In line with this, about half (49.9%) reported ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... with a combined value of $238 million. Costa Group Holdings, a grower and packer of fruit and vegetables, is a long-term premium tenant. As RE, Perpetual Corporate Trust appointed goFARM Asset Management to provide certain management and administrative ...

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... banks," Colman said in Sydney. "The regionals are at something of a further disadvantage with a wholesale funding cost premium relative to the majors. "We think they have written a bit more of the wrong risk at the wrong point in the cycle." "They may ...

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Group insurers are finding themselves pressed for resources as they race to meet the Federal Government's July 2019 deadline to cull the default opt-ins for group insurance. MetLife head of reinsurance and regulatory affairs James Carey said the ...