AIA Australia partners with Unified Healthcare Group to streamline claims and underwriting process

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AIA Australia has appointed solutions provider Unified Healthcare Group (UHG) to a three-year strategic partnership to supply medical and healthcare retrieval services. UHG’s technology platform medEbridge will enable greater integration... Read more continue reading

Bushfire impacted communities can’t be forgotten

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The state’s peak business organisation, Business NSW, says more needs to be done to expedite recovery efforts from the bushfire crisis that hit the state over the New Year period.  “It’s... Read more continue reading

Milliman and HUB24 launch solution to tackle market uncertainty

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Milliman, Inc. a global consulting and actuarial firm, has launched its first range of managed account portfolios, with built-in protection against volatility and capital losses. The Milliman SmartShield series is... Read more continue reading

5 big questions the RBA needs to answer in 2020

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After extremely strong fixed income returns in 2019, the interest rate outlook for 2020 is far more sanguine as the odds of continued interest rate cuts from the Reserve Bank... Read more continue reading

Treasury urged to be practical on Hayne reforms as financial advice is pushed out of reach

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has warned the federal government that overly complex reforms don’t help consumers and only serve to make financial advice more expensive and difficult... Read more continue reading

IOOF update on changes to Executive Committee

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IOOF has provided an update on recent changes to its Executive Team, following on from the Senior Management review Chief Executive Officer Renato Mota carried out late last year. The... Read more continue reading

Fitzpatricks Private Wealth welcomes Lisa Steel

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Fitzpatricks Private Wealth (Fitzpatricks) has announced the addition of Lisa Steel, Senior Financial Adviser and business owner, to its growing number of wealth professionals. Lisa brings a wealth of financial... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 28 February, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets plunged over the last week on the back of a rapid escalation of new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases outside China... Read more continue reading

Can past pandemics guide investors through Coronavirus?

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The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak began with 50 known cases in mainland China in December. It’s since resulted in over 78,000 known cases—2,120 fatal—across over 27 countries, with 14 known cases... Read more continue reading

Students test their skills as financial advisers in 10th year of AMP University Challenge

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Entries are now open for the 2020 AMP University Challenge, a national competition where university and TAFE students can try their hand at being a financial adviser and have the chance... Read more continue reading