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Budget Direct, NobleOak partner for life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... Budget Direct Life Insurance range of covers are available to Budget Direct customers who pay for the Premium Life Direct policy. The policy includes life, total and permanent disability, income protection and trauma. Budget Direct chief growth officer ...

What fund selectors want: Natixis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... for 2022 are. In first place, 51% are most concerned about supply chain disruption, 45% said less supportive central bank policy is their main concern, 40% cited COVID-19 variants, 39% are most concerned about US/China relations and 24% are worried about ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... excited to be launching this research alongside the University of Adelaide," SMSF deputy chief executive and director of policy and education Peter Burgess said. "It's very interesting and I suspect many of the findings from this research will be ...

CDPP dumps ANZ cartel case

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... and as required by law, made an independent decision to prosecute based at all times on an application of the Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth," he said. Under criminal cartel laws, which came into effect in 2009, five cases have been successfully ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... unwarranted and did not promote a healthy system of corporate governance." CPA Australia general manager external affairs, policy and advocacy Jane Rennie welcomed the vote and said that the reforms would have resulted in poorer transparency of investee ...

Super funds failing on animal protection

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... global welfare organisation finds. After analysing 200 super funds, World Animal Protection found that 90% do not have a policy that prevents them from investing in animal cruelty. Only 16 currently have such policies. World Animal Protection interim ...

Mantis in new distribution partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... fund. "Historically, endowment policies have shown significant growth in value. Many owners of these policies decide their policy no longer meets their needs and seek to surrender the policies back to the life company that issued them," he explained. ...

FPA calls for stronger experience pathway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... the proposed 10 years of experience in the past 12 years pathway as proposed." In its response to the education standards policy paper, which finalised submissions on February 1, the FPA detailed why streamlining education requirements will put the hard ...

Synchron appoints compliance lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... compliance team which includes Alison Massey, head of compliance - advice assurance and Synchron's head of compliance - policy and regulatory, Hanna Abdullah. Prior to moving into consultancy, Osborne was group general manager for compliance at Lifestyle ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... Financial Advisers (AFA) has said it does not support the 'clean record' requirement proposed within the government's new policy paper on education standards, citing the untested single disciplinary body. Under the proposed changes, a financial advisers ...