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Annuities too expensive for most retirees: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... researching whether annuities could solve superannuation's need for better retirement income stream solutions, Rainmaker Information, supported by Plan for Life research, found the products are currently far too expensive to do so. The analysis found ...

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... in the retirement sphere - the fee on both products is just 0.58% - like its MySuper option. According to Rainmaker Information, the median fee on a retirement product in Australia on a balance of $100,000 is 1.07% or $1070. A Vanguard Super member will ...

RBA appoints operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... appointed to the post. She has been the assistant governor for corporate services at the RBA since 2018, responsible for information technology and workplace, and the enterprise data office. The appointment of a chief operating officer was a key recommendation ...

MLC Life Insurance hires from Cbus

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... of chief technology officer. Robinson, who brings 20 years' experience to the role, most recently served as chief information and technology officer at Cbus. Prior to Cbus, Robinson was general manager of delivery, data analytics and technology at Latitude ...

How advisers protect themselves from 'rogue' clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... Every three years, advisers should offer clients a "re-onboarding" process. During this process, clients provide fresh information about their situation. "When you go through your re-onboarding [and on-boarding] process, you're inviting the client ...

Financial services 300x more likely to get hacked: Expert

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... anybody even finds out," Jack said. "These hackers don't want to just go in for a quick ransom, they want to get as much information as they can from your business." Thankfully, the cost to protect a business is low. "It costs less than 2% of your revenue ...

Advisers should have an AI plan: Netwealth

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... "We've seen before that these tools can create wacky ideas - there's a risk of inputting personally identifiable information into these tools, which are consumed and then reused," Braun said, noting advisers need to think about how they're ...

JANA wins mandate from public sector super fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... of 30 December 2023, JANA's total funds under advice was over $1.3 trillion. According to research from Rainmaker Information, JANA holds a commanding market share of 42.5% in the not-for-profit super fund sector as of September 2023.

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... investment option was not performing as anticipated," ASIC said. "While trustees communicate a lot of performance information to members, we saw little evidence of targeted communication about underperformance or highlighting how an investment option ...

Younger Aussies embracing SMSFs, guidance needed

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... incorporate trusts and other vehicles as well." Hurley added that all advisers should be thinking about how to better access information for the younger generation so that their retirement roadmap is a more holistic view of their entire portfolio of ...