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TAL offloads dealer group to CountPlus

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... board following an approval. TAL group chief executive and managing director Brett Clark said that following a review the life insurerd determined that CountPlus is "best placed to continue to enable Affinia's strategy, grow and support Affinia advisers ...

APRA preserves life insurance prudential standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
APRA will maintain four life insurance prudential standards following a brief consultation period. The prudential regulator flagged it was relatively satisfied with four prudential standards - Prudential Standard LPS 100 Solvency Standard; Prudential ...

Government introduces FAR, CSLR Bills

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... bring additional accountability measures for senior executives in prudentially regulated sectors, including superannuation, life insurance and banking and provides for penalties on those institutions." CHOICE also welcomed the introduction of the CSLR ...

Investment bonds offer refuge amid super changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... government has proposed doubling the concessional tax rate for super balances over $3 million from 15% to 30%. As such, Generation Life chief executive Grant Hackett says investors may want to consider investment bonds as a tax-efficient alternative. ...

Claimants tend to be younger women: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
New life insurance research shows that women who make cancer-related claims tend to be younger than men. A MetLife study found that females making cancer-related claims in the areas of death, income protection, terminal illness, TPD and trauma are younger ...

AFA celebrates 10 years of Inspire

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... Baker shared that the Inspire community got her through some difficult times in her career. "Inspire honestly changed my life as an adviser, and I probably stuck around longer than I thought I would because I had a community of women who encouraged me ...

In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... invest less in risky assets than men, are less confident in financial decisions and have lower literacy skills. A study by life insurer MetLife released in February found Australian women have lower financial literacy compared to men, putting them at ...

Australian Unity kicks off capital raise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... a leader in healthcare and social infrastructure investment. "Data shows that while Australians enjoy one of the highest life expectancies in the world, we are also living with increasing levels of chronic disease which is placing never-before-seen demand ...

Challenger launches $250m unsecured note offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... New Money Offer and a Reinvestment Offer, will be used to fund a subscription for Additional Tier 1 Capital for Challenger Life and to refinance the Challenger Capital Notes 2. The notes are non-cumulative, convertible, transferable, redeemable, subordinated ...

AustralianSuper invests in build-to-rent-to-own affordable housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... Assemble's housing mandate with these three major acquisitions marks an important step forward in bringing its mission to life. However, as AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder acknowledged at the Australian Financial Review Super and Wealth ...