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AIST awards innovative achievements

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees recognised excellence and innovation in communication and member engagement at its recent annual Awards for Excellence. UniSuper took out the Best Digital Award (over $40,000 spend) for a campaign ...

Freedom ditches life insurance sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
Freedom Insurance Group announced it will stop selling life insurance products and alerted shareholders of the likelihood it will face a liquidity crisis next year. The board of the embattled insurer has decided to search for alternative business models ...

AFCA receives 500 super complaints in first month

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... chair Helen Coonan said her goal with AFCA was to establish a "real game changer" in financial services. "One that provides not only a one-stop shop but a fair, efficient and timely dispute resolution [service] that will be known for fairness being at ...

ASIC funding numbers released

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... Australians and lies at the heart of all our regulatory activities." The regulator confirmed small proprietary companies would not have specific funding obligations, with a $4 increase to the annual review fee set to cover the regulatory costs for these ...

Superannuation fund comparison tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... their super, and equip them with the tools they need to properly understand and maximise it. He added that Roll-it Super does not recommend products or receive commissions from super funds. "The Royal Commission hearings exposed super funds putting commercial ...

Industry fund finds new advice tech partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... interacts with the face-to-face component of their advice process," he said. Saiz added the partnership gives BUSSQ an ability to not only monitor and supervise the advice as it is delivered, but provides an additional compliance overlay for advisers ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
The $113 billion manager will look towards congested cities to deploy future capital but nothing as big as its Westconnex investment is on the horizon, newly-appointed chair Greg Combet said in a media call today. The former Labor federal minister took ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... about the end or tails of an economic cycle in developed markets "and if we do enter into a downturn, emerging markets would not necessarily outperform." This is where an element of market timing can creep in for institutional investors, Bilton said. ...

New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... the 1.3 million who received aged care in Australia in 2017, the vast majority were living outside of aged care facilities. "Not surprisingly, clients are seeking advice about establishing granny flats with their children or grandchildren, moving into ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... implication, of course, is that all the good things he said about his weekend talk with Chinese president Xi over the weekend, is not on. This was top of the list on Bloomberg's " Nine Reasons for the Sell-Off in U.S. Stocks " piece published today. ...