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ASIC cancels AFSLs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... AFCA determination and failed to lodge its 2020 audited financial accounts and maintain professional indemnity insurance cover. Direct My Wealth held an AFSL since 13 January 2016 and an ACL since 14 January 2016 whereas Starkey held its AFS licence ...

Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
The Actuaries Institute has released sweeping recommendations to help fix the individual disability income insurance (IDII) sector that is currently at "risk of failure". The final recommendations follow a 12 month-review, led by an appointed Actuaries ...

Labor to push for YFYS stapling amendments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... should make concessions in those areas because the real-life consequence on people will be excluded from life insurance cover," Jones told Financial Standard in an interview from the sidelines of the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds.. It also ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Simply stunning! "The April survey result is simply stunning - with many variables reaching survey highs. Conditions reset last month's high, driven by further gains across trading conditions, profitability and employment. Confidence has also set ...

PPS Mutual launches member offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Mutual life insurer PPS Mutual has launched a timesaving underwriting offer for existing members to add cover to their policy. Members who have a current income protection policy with PPS Mutual can now apply to add or increase life, total and permanent ...

ASIC issues warnings on investment scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
The corporate regulator identified several ongoing investment scams including duping consumers into establishing self-managed super funds, and advertisements for crypto-asset and contracts for difference disguised as fake news articles. ASIC has discovered ...

QSuper makes changes ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... is entitled to receive whilst on income protection. Like many other insurers, QSuper's total and permanent disability cover through its in-house insurer QInsure has moved to remove 'activities of daily living' or 'home duties' from ...

Media Super ups fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... 2020, Media Super had already increased income protection premiums. From July, income protection in the fund's old default cover will increase from $1.80 a week to $2.14 a week. The default cover has also switched from 30 days/five years to 60 days/two ...

$450 SG threshold axed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The longstanding requirement for workers to earn more than $450 a month to be entitled to the superannuation guarantee has been scrapped. In a move that would benefit more than 200,000 women, the need for Aussies to earn more than $450 a month in order ...

New India fund eyes HNWs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... National Stock Exchange of India. India 2030 has mandated Mumbai-based Oldbridge Capital to select about 15 listed companies to cover five key themes: manufacturing, technology, real estate, rural and market share leaders. The minimum investible amount ...