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Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Life insurance products sold directly to consumers are gaining prevalence over an area historically dominated by financial advisers and dealer groups, Strategic Insight's latest statistics show. The researcher found that in the decade to 2017, risk ...

AXA inks $20 billion deal, pivots insurance business strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... XL Group for a total consideration of $19.7 billion, to be paid in cash. AXA offered US$57.60 for each XL share, a 33% premium on the company's closing price on 2 March 2018. AXA chief executive Thomas Buberl described the transaction as a strategic ...

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... wearable and mobile devices. Members incidentally receive rewards in the form of shopping vouchers and lower life insurance premium of up to 20%, Mu said. Vitality has about 45,000 members and "we expect that to grow," he said, adding the first phase ...

How to find alpha in advice: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... sense in an era of digitisation. Referring to Vanguard's Advisers Alpha framework, financial advisers can't command a premium for tasks that can be fully automated - but they can do so by spending more time on "uniquely human tasks" and find ways to ...

YBR's wealth arm gaining ground

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
Yellow Brick Road's (YBR) wealth business and its digital advice strategies have helped boost the firm's 1H18 performance. In the six months to December, the wealth business reported a 7% increase in revenue to $6.5 million on the prior year. YBR's ...

Industry fund buys $7 million beef stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... Government of $3.3 million via its new GO NSW Equity Fund, of which First State Super is a partner. Stone Axe Pastoral is a premium wagyu beef operation focused on producing full-blood wagyu - the offspring of a wagyu sire and a wagyu dam whose pedigrees ...

Premium China creates chief executive role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
The former chief executive of Premium Wealth Management and head of advice at Australian Unity will lead Premium China Funds Management. In a newly-created role for the fund manager, Paul Harding-Davis has been appointed as chief executive. He is charged ...

Copia appoints new CFO from Mutual Trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... Trust Cash Fund. Voskresensky's appointment occurred in the same month that Copia transitioned the unit registry of the OC Premium Small Companies Fund, OC Dynamic Equity fund, OC Micro-Cap Fund, Vertium Equity Income Fund, Odey International Fund, Chester ...

Suncorp reviews options for life insurance business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... It noted new business volumes were impacted by ongoing industry disruption and heightened regulatory scrutiny. In-force premium rose by 0.9% from growth in retail and direct channels due to stepped age and CPI increases. The wealth business reported ...

AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... cover on their own. "In addition, we don't pay commissions to advisers, and don't receive commissions from insurers. This premium reduction for the industry division will benefit the overwhelming majority of members and no member will have a premium ...