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ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... was an authorised representative of Synchronised Business Services from 2010 to 2015, is alleged by the regulator to have not maintained nor understood the "duties and obligations imposed on" and "high standards expected of" a provider of life insurance ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... figures - the seasonally adjusted ones - have gyrated between 11.0% (January) and 1.4% (October) so far this year and it is not uncommon to see one strong month followed by a weak one. This is the same with imports. The monthly growth in imports ranged ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... compliance was costing the industry upwards of US$3 billion per year (and that number has likely risen much higher since), it is not surprising that compliance ranked as a top objective among our respondents." In spite of this, only 18% of respondents ...

NZ manager launches QROPS scheme

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
A New Zealand asset manager now offers a qualified recognised overseas pension scheme for Australian and NZ migrants. Lifetime Asset Management's Garrison Bridge Superannuation Scheme has been added to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs' QROPS list and ...

False information undermining ASIC integrity

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... applicant is likely to meet its licence obligations. Recent examples include a nominated responsible manager for a credit licence not disclosing they had been bankrupt or been a director of an entity which was in liquidation. Another nominated responsible ...

Tasplan launches lifecycle default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Tasplan now offers a lifecycle default super option, becoming one of the select industry funds to provide such a service. The new option, Tasplan OnTrack, is designed to reallocate members' funds over their lives to gradually reduce sequencing risk ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... towards bonds and equities in order to secure returns. The report also states that regulators in the biggest pension markets do not pose limits on funds' investments into various asset classes, with Australia being a rare exception. PwC said super funds ...

Group insurance critical: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... costs the government about $2 billion annually, with welfare benefits often needed to fill the gap for those who have nil or not enough insurance. In a statement the FSC said the current system, where workers who contribute to a mandatory workplace super ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS report The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that job openings in America fell by 97K to 5.53 million in October (in line with expectations) from 5.63 million in the previous month (upwardly revised from 5.49 million), taking ...

Japan still leading APAC offshore investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... is important especially in places like Japan with an aging population so that structural demand for income and stability is not likely to go away." Unsurprisingly, the most popular asset class for offshore investors was Australian property, representing ...