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Government releases draft life insurance regulations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... updates its "information technology systems," and also highlights circumstances where proposed clawback arrangements would not apply. These include where a policy is automatically cancelled due to the age of the insured, where the insured commits suicide ...

BNP and SmartAngels announce Blockchain partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services and direct investment platform SmartAngels have signed a strategic crowdfunding partnership for the use of blockchain. The partnership will allow private companies to issue securities on the primary market ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... An Equip statement said the delay in legislation enabling the appointment of independent directors required the fund to apply to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for a variation of its licence so that it could appoint two independents. ...

Kim Morison joins Blue Sky Alternative Investments board

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed Kim Morison to the organisation's board. Morrison joined the company in 2010 and is the managing director of Blue Sky's Real Assets business with responsibilities across the company's assets portfolios ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... test on whether its derivatives transactions reduce its market risk. But critics of the SEC proposal say that would not apply to many bond funds which use derivatives to increase their exposure to the market; as the financial tools used by fund managers ...

Fund managers not ready to enter new MIT tax regime

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
A tax partner at business law firm Hall & Wilcox believes some small to mid-size fund managers will struggle to be ready to enter the new tax regime for managed investment trusts (MITs). The new tax regime is expected to become law from 1 July 2016 ...

UK to introduce lifetime ISAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... that the government will set the limit for property purchased using Lifetime ISA funds at £450,000 (A$900,000) that will apply across the UK. The UK government said it will also explore with the financial sector options for enabling Lifetime ISA savers ...

Up to 2.4m super members affected by CommInsure scandal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... review, NGS will take into consideration the ethical standards and governance approach of CommInsure," the fund said. "We apply these standards across any review process as a matter of principle, and if any of our business partners do not meet these ...

Women-led super funds outperform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
Superannuation funds led by women, or with significant governance representation, out-perform "male-centric" funds by 50 basis points on average, according to Rainmaker SelectingSuper research. Released to coincide with International Women's Day, the ...

QSuper takes industry leap with retirement incomes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... allowing a more equitable allocation of tax. By splitting the assets, QSuper can take advantage of tax concessions that apply to an Allocated Pension Plan. Pennisi said the innovation was made possible by returning funds which had been set aside for ...