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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
An industry superannuation fund is raising the bar on managing longevity risk and taking the initiative to get ahead of the retirement income review gridlock. Chris Drew, the investment manager for public markets at the Australian Catholic Superannuation ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
A woman who has multiple sclerosis (MS) is fighting to have CommInsure recognise her condition, calling into question the various definitions life insurers use. ClaimRight founder William Johns was assisting a client with MS in accessing the insurance ...

AMP deed of release bars advisers joining class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
AMP is allegedly handing departing financial advisers a contract with a clause in it that prohibits them from joining the current open class action. The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald said he became aware of a new clause in AMP's ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
While we, Australians all, continue to shudder at the economy's first recession in 29-years, our nation - to use Old Blue Eyes' song - remains "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." It may not be Einstein's "relativity theory" ...

ESG investors overreact to negative news

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
New research from the Monash Centre for Financial Studies reveals ethical investors who overreact to negative environmental, social and governance (ESG) news spur falls in share prices and are better to wait before making trade decisions. The study ...

Advice disciplinary body delayed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
Financial advisers will have to wait until June 2021 for the long-awaited disciplinary body that is purported to professionalise the industry. Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume flagged ...

VGI Partners profits tumble

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
The Sydney boutique posted a 59% drop in its profits in the six months to June 30 compared to the previous corresponding period. VGI Partners this morning reported statutory net profit after tax of $3.6 million for the six months ending June 30, compared ...

Sunsuper announces investment, insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Sunsuper is making a raft of changes to its investment fees and costs, transactional and operation costs and the definition of Total & Permanent Disability (TPD). Effective 1 July 2020, Sunsuper updated their fees and costs. Overall, the fees and costs ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
"After a steady period of wage growth over the previous 12 months, wages recorded the lowest annual growth in the 22-year history of the WPI, ABS head of price statistics Andrew Tomadini said. "The June 2020 quarter was the first full period in which ...