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Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... interest rates are currently at historically low levels. The rainy day fund would retain the flexibility in deferral to monitor interest/annuity rates and purchase an annuity when rates are more favourable. It could also be possible to develop more sophisticated ...

Centrepoint partners to enhance underwriting processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... David Spiteri, life insurance specialist at Centrepoint, said the new initiative will enable advisers to order, track and monitor pathology requests and will provide a dedicated resource and phone line via which they can arrange pathology requests. "As ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
Two Altius bond funds were recently awarded 'Recommended' ratings from Lonsec. Both the Altius Bond Fund and the Altius Sustainable Bond Fund received the rating, with Lonsec noting strengths such as "the stability and experience of the team" and that ...

Professional standards legislation reaches parliament

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... Professional associations and other independent third party monitoring bodies will be required to develop compliance schemes to monitor and enforce advisers' adherence to the code and will need to have their compliance schemes approved by ASIC. The reforms ...

CommInsure continues to be investigated

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... "ASIC has been engaging closely with CommInsure concerning the scope and findings of these reviews. ASIC will continue to monitor the scope and conduct of these reviews and will continue to liaise closely with APRA during this process," a statement said. ...

Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
An independent committee will have the ability to sanction insurers who do not comply with a new set of standards laid out in an industry-wide Life Insurance Code of Practice produced by the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new code, released today ...

LGIAsuper chair steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
LGIAsuper's chair has announced her retirement from the $10 billion superannuation fund. Bronwyn Morris will step down from the position when her three-year term ends on November 30. She has served as chair since October 2014, during which she "led ...

ASIC bans Deutsche Bank trader

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... its relevant processes and controls to identify weaknesses and has notified ASIC of the measures it believes will better monitor and detect poor conduct in the future. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said: "The integrity of our financial markets is vitally ...

MSCI launches new insto global equity risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... reversal, short interest and seasonality. These will allow institutions to, in MSCI's words, "better assess strategies, monitor market movements, improve hedges and measure sensitivity to potentially crowded trades." The model covers 87 countries, 72 ...

New fund of funds taps Indian equity specialists

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Two industry veterans have partnered with leading fund managers in India to offer sophisticated investors in Australia access to investment opportunities in the world's second most populous state. Former Macquarie division director Stephen Hopley and ...