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AIA revamps digital strategy

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
AIA Australia hopes to change the way people engage with life insurance by personalising products and focusing on storytelling. Following an extensive review of the company's digital presence by global design and strategy firm Frog, AIA Australia plans ...

SPECIAL REPORT: Let's talk about managed accounts

A joke that's done the rounds on managed accounts is that they've been "the next big thing" for two decades running. Launched in the mid-1990s, managed accounts were the sparkly space age pen of investment portfolios. Just one slight hitch - pencils ...

AIA sees $1.9bn premium growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
AIA recorded the highest percentage growth among Australia's life insurance risk premium inflows during the 12 months to March 2015 according to Plan for Life data. AIA grew 20.2%, recording $1.87 billion in inflows, seeing them jump from fifth to third ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
Infocus Wealth Management says it is in discussion with organisations and employer groups to further its outsourced financial advice services nationally. The announcement comes on top of Infocus now providing its financial advice services to industry ...

Life insurance risk inflows reach $14.2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Life insurance risk market inflows grew by 11.2% during 2014, reaching about $14.2 billion, according to the latest report from Plan For Life. The report shows all companies experienced increases in their risk business with the highest percentage growth ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... stronger at $80.54 as it continued its expansion activity, participating in the $US2.1 billion ($2.73 billion) purchase of US group's Apache's Australian oil and gas assets.

Rebalancing almost leads to accidental takeover bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
A quarterly rebalancing of indices was blamed for BlackRock accidentally purchasing more than 20% of Monadelphous Group recently. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on March 25, BlackRock said a change in interests held by the company ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
New research from Rainmaker reveals that managed accounts are not only enabling advisers to improve their clients' investment outcomes as well as boost their own business' worth, they are enabling new investment managers to enter the market. The research ...

AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed former hedge fund manager Michael Gallagher as general manager of its Australian National Group. Gallagher replaces Brett Ireland who has decided to focus on a full-time role elsewhere ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The opportunity for outstanding returns from the world's developing economies may have shifted to frontier markets, according to the latest annual CREATE-Research report. Commissioned by Principal Global Investors, the report is produced from the results ...