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Lending curbs to impact housing market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... curbs in 2022," he said. "In particular, regulators are taking a keen interest in lending at debt-to-income levels of above six times, which has been increasing since the third quarter of 2020. In plain English, borrowers might not be able to borrow ...

MLC Life refreshes income protection offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... income replacement ratio of 70%, with tiering for income above $150,000, and Income Assure+ provides a ratio of up to 90% for six months post claim if customers select the 'booster' option. The products have been designed to suit specific client needs ...

Consumers lose out on IP changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... providers won't have to guarantee policy renewals. "Benefits will be capped at 90% of earnings at the time of claim for six months, then at 70% after the six-month period. Also, income will be calculated over the 12 months prior to a claim - some ...

CFS adds to managed account offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... FirstChoice Personal Super and Pension platform with no extra research or portfolio construction costs. The offering includes six risk profiles from Lonsec Active, six risk profiles from both Morningstar Core and Morningstar Active and an additional ...

TAL releases income protection range

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... Income Protection Assist features additional support at the start of the claim through an Early Support Booster for the first six months. Income Protection Focus, a short-term benefit option, applies an "own-occupation definition" for the entire one ...

AMP North reduces fees, adds options

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... such as the MyNorth Sustainable and IndexPlus portfolios, are proving popular with clients and advisers." AMP recently added six new partnered managed portfolios (PMP) with advice practices, bringing the total range to 11 and added new risk profile options ...

ClearView launches risk product suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... cover. Customers can also select the Booster option, which increases the benefit amount by an additional 20% for the first six months of a claim. In total, ClearChoice Income Protection offers nine built-in benefits, four optional extras and a TPD lump ...

Former adviser banned after super theft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
A former financial adviser that was sentenced to six years' prison in May has now been permanently banned by ASIC. Ross Andrew Hopkins was permanently banned after being convicted of 15 dishonesty offences and misappropriating close to $3 million in ...

Statewide Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... the fund clarified. Eligible members will get a premium waiver for up to 12 months of parental leave and will be given up to six months after certain life events (marriage, having children, buying a house) to apply to increase their insurance cover. ...

William Buck merges with sixth firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
A Melbourne-based advisory firm has merged with William Buck as the latter continues its aggressive expansion strategy. BR Wellington is an accounting and business advisory firm and will rebrand as part of William Buck Australia and New Zealand. All ...