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Tasplan raises IP premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
The cost of income protection cover via Tasplan will go up by 7.3% at the end of September. Tasplan attributed the increase to the trio of recent legislative reforms, current economic environment and increase in insurance benefits being paid to members. ...

Super fund gets ahead of CIPR obscurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... fiscal impact. For instance, freezing the superannuation guarantee at 9.5% will have a modest budget benefit in the short term via higher taxation revenue, but over time will be offset by lower superannuation. In another scenario, increasing the SG by ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... years' imprisonment, after pleading guilty to insider trading in Big Un shares. Michael Ming Jinn Ho will serve the three years via an intensive correction order (aka a sentence served in the community) after a sentencing from Sydney Downing Centre District ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... Bank also paid out a claim. But, the largest TPD claim amount Mary should have been able to access was through CommInsure via a super fund account she still had from her time working at the Commonwealth Bank. Once Johns realised Mary did not meet CommInsure's ...

Super fund tops up Tribeca mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... added about $300 million to its allocation to Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund and now has a total of roughly $630 million invested via the fund, Financial Standard understands. Tribeca Alpha Plus has been running since 2006 but had a rough start to last year ...

Interim insolvency protections extended

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Small businesses suffering financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 will have temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections in place until the end of the year. The federal government has extended temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections until ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... consortium with an investment manager. This includes a stake in another fibre optic network provider LBNCo, which it owned via a consortium headed by ROC Partners, a Sydney-based investment manager. LBNCo was sold to rival OptiComm bidder Uniti last ...

Super funds to face parliamentary grilling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... till 4:45pm. ISPT, Industry Super Holdings and Mine Super are also amongst those listed and will face the committee tomorrow via video conference. Chair of the committee Tim Wilson said the hearings are an important part of the committee's scrutiny of ...

Demand for advice rises

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... younger generation wants help with include investments outside super, tax strategies and budgeting assistance. "Further, advice via super funds can lead to planner referrals, with 55% of members open to being transferred to a planner. Older members favour ...

IOOF names licensee chiefs, acquires platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... providing clients with greater transparency throughout the advice process, and the ability to engage with their adviser digitally via an advice dashboard." Wealth Central is currently led by managing partner Nick Granville. Granville has previously served ...