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Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
The independence and role of Australia's financial regulator is under the spotlight after one of its senior officials briefed crossbench senators on proposed superannuation trustee legislation. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... community. As Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees executive manager business and operations services Maryann Mannix-White noted at the same event, "The cost of underinsurance to the government is more than $1.5 billion. Eighty-three per cent ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... and emerging needs of our members," Furlan said. AIST executive manager business and operations services, Maryann Mannix-White, said the 2014 Rice Warner underinsurance report calculates that Australians are underinsured by approximately $1.8 billion ...

UK moves away from annuities: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... created a "seismic movement" away from annuities according to UK-based financial researcher Defaqto. In its most recent white paper aimed at financial advisers working with retirement plans, Defaqto said that in Q1 2015, the number of annuities sold ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... benefits of the parent company, including governance and transparency." Is now the right time to get into Japan? A recent white paper by BNY Mellon analyses a scenario where four of the world's biggest economies - the US, China, India and Japan - "stop ...

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
The federal government's focus on accountability around conflicting interests in superannuation boards has been described as "curious" by lawyers reviewing proposed super governance legislation. A paper prepared by Hall and Wilcox Lawyers for the Australian ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white paper, Connected Convenience, Fox said that multiple industries - including supermarkets selling life insurance products ...

HUB24 doubled FUA in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... up 131% on the prior corresponding period. Inflows were driven mainly by HUB24's retail platform offerings and licensee white label products. Half of total net inflows for the quarter were from new advisers and licensees introduced to the platform over ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... concessions need to be looked at." The government has agreed to give special consideration to retirement incomes in its Tax White Paper, but it does not guarantee changes in the near future.

Internalisation has gone the full circle say CIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... MySuper. Merlicek said IOOF do direct property in house, some cash and fixed interest. Hostplus chief investment officer, Sam Sicilia, said the company spent a lot of time learning from other entities' approach to internalisation. He believes internalisation ...