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Investors flock to term deposits over equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... to term deposits and away from equity funds, signalling a shift towards more conservative investment strategies. Plan for Life data revealed that Australian equities funds experienced a decline in net funds inflows, from $12.5 billion in the 12 months ...

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... failed to deliver for members. Several BT options were also slapped with a red rating - Pendal Growth Shares, BT Super For Life Advance Higher Growth, BT Super For Life Advanced Balanced and BT Super For Life Advance Higher Growth - were among the worst ...

Link to offer Allianz Retire+ solution to super funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... will have access to a suite of retirement income solutions from Allianz Retire+. Up first, Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE) will be available on Link Group's Pathfinder retirement platform in 2023, sitting inside the super fund as an investment ...

Former adviser jailed for nine years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... a 5% shareholding in Sentinel at the end of 2022 valued at $280,000. Other times, Fineff introduced clients to invest in life sciences company QBiotics and Gold Coast-based company Surf Lakes. In one example, Fineff dishonestly obtained $325,000 via ...

MAX Awards 2023: Get voting

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... Podcast of the Year, and Marketing Team of the Year. Finalists this year include Allianz Retire+, Betashares, Praemium, MLC Life, Charter Hall, Australian Ethical, AMP, Australian Retirement Trust, and QIC. Last year's awards attracted over 13,000 ...

Superannuation changes limit tax benefits for top earners: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... $3.3 trillion. While only a small proportion of those covered will make a claim in any given year, over a 40-year working life, an individual (or their dependents) has about a one in five chance of receiving an insurance benefit through group super coverage. ...

APRA consults on approach to combining product histories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
APRA is consulting on the need for it to make individual determinations for lifecycle MySuper products for which performance histories are required to be combined for the YFYS test. Currently, the performance test involves two situations where performance ...

Challenger reports strong retail annuity sales

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... ASX announcement, Challenger reported a significant uptick in retail annuity sales in quarter three. Challenger's total Life sales were $2 billion, reflecting strong retail and Japanese sales. However, institutional sales ($1 billion) fell by 50%. ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... there is no actual mandated requirement to sell within a certain period of time, whereas private equity has a finite fund life and will often exit within three or five years," he explains. "We can hold the business for much longer and some of the best ...

TAL, AIA dominate group life market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
According to the latest data on life insurance claims and disputes from APRA and ASIC, TAL is the largest player in the group insurance sector in Australia. TAL leads the life insurance market, boasting a 40.4% market share, insuring 3.9 million lives ...