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HUB24 and GPS Wealth launch managed accounts platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
HUB24 and independent licensee GPS Wealth have launched a new white label managed accounts platform. The platform, branded CAREportfolio, spans super, pension and investments, and provides a complete managed account and wrap offering for all its member ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Business owners are able to increase their life insurance without providing evidence of health via a new product recently launched by AIA Australia. The life insurer's new Business Safeguard Forward Underwriting Benefit (FUB) will allow business owners ...

ACSA awards best custody executives

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has recognised the industry executives who made contributions to the custody industry in the 2015 ACSA Awards. HSBC Securities Service manager of corporate actions Alvaro Martinez, Merrill Lynch head ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
"If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair... There's a whole generation with a new explanation..." - Scott McKenzie, "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" The song instantly played in my head as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street. At 0649 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 5,687. Locally on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank releases minutes of its May board meeting ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Australia had the fastest dividend growth in Asia Pacific for the year to March 2015, but the falling Australian dollar made the increase modest relative to its counterparts in the region, the Henderson Global Dividend Index found. Australia made up ...

Fortnum drops upfront risk commissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Following Centrepoint Alliance and AMP adopting hybrid and level commission structures, independent dealer group Fortnum has dropped upfront risk insurance commissions to "ward off further legislative attack". From July 1, Fortnum planners will either ...

Lazard lowers minimum investments on four funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The minimum investment in four Lazard Asset Management funds has dropped by $80,000 in a bid to attract self-managed super fund investors. Lazard's Australian Equity Fund; Select Australian Equity Fund; Australian Diversified Income Fund; and Global ...

Club Super partners CommInsure

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
CommInsure, the insurance arm of Commonwealth Bank, has been appointed to provide insurance for Club Super. Club Super is the industry super fund for sporting and recreational clubs and associated industries. It has around $480 million in assets under ...

Low-cost super awash with inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Mums and dads have increasingly chosen to invest their superannuation in direct low-fee retail products over the last 12 months. Particularly so at BT Super for Life and ANZ Smart Choice with both recording funds under management growth of more than ...