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Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Rudi Minbatiwala head of equity income at First Sentier Investors. Speaking as part of the Actuaries Institute Virtual Summit, Minbatiwala warned there is a view that if someone can't explain something then it's unable to be used, particularly when it ...

SG increase will be deferred: Knox

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... struggle with the effects of COVID-19, according to Mercer senior partner David Knox. Speaking at the All Actuaries Virtual Summit, Knox said he believes there is a good chance the planned increase of SG will be deferred for a second time, for around ...

Life insurance at tipping point: Industry leaders

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... the growth and sustainability of the industry. Speaking at the Financial Services Council's (FSC) 2020 Life Insurance Summit, APRA general manager of life insurance Suzanne Johnson, RGA Australia managing director Mark Stewart, Zurich Life and Investments ...

Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... awareness for its members as it is faced with negative sentiment, specifically around group insurance, the FSC Life Insurance Summit has heard. KPMG, on behalf of the Financial Services Council (FSC), revealed there was more than $12 billion in claims ...

APRA intervention blindsided AFA, FPA taskforce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
At the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit, the heads of financial advice industry associations admitted to being blindsided by APRA's intervention on individual disability income insurance. Association of Financial Advisers chief executive ...

Hume calls out ERS fake news

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
At the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit Senator Jane Hume has said "fake news" about consumers losing life insurance due to the early release of super has irritated her. Hume said consumers would not lose life insurance policies held ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... smaller funds should look to emulate the likes of AustralianSuper and Sunsuper. In an address to the AFR Banking and Wealth Summit yesterday, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Senator Jane Hume said the ...

ATO to verify early release requests

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... requests. Hume, the assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology, told the AFR Wealth Summit the ATO will take on the challenge of verifying requests for early release super (ERS) payments and called on the funds ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... during recessions." It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison told a crowd of business leaders at the AFR's Business Summit the economic impact of the coronavirus in Australia could be worse than the Global Financial Crisis. This, he argued, is due ...

AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... MyNorth platform. Both insurance offers are available for financial advisers and super and pension clients of MyNorth, North, Summit, ipac iAccess and Generations. It comes as Plan For Life Actuaries revealed life insurance risk premium inflows and sales ...