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ASX operations and customer lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... the role. Val Matthews will exit over the coming months after joining the bourse in May 2019, initially as an executive general manager of ASX business operations. She was appointed to her current role in July 2021, overseeing the customer and operations ...

Qantas Super appoints deputy investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... superannuation funds, with over 30,000 members and more than $9 billion in funds under management. At Qantas Super's annual general meeting in February, investment chief Andrew Spence discussed the competitive advantages of boutique funds. "Qantas ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... investments (3%), and 154 were over life insurance (0.9%). The bulk of complaints were in relation to credit (48%) and general insurance (30%). By products, 1134 complaints related to superannuation. Looking at the reason for the complaints lodged during ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
Stakeholder responses to the federal budget are mixed at best, with many believing key measures require further consideration and consultation. Perhaps the measure that will most impact the financial services industry, the government remained firm in ...

NALI measure receives mixed response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... for SMSFs and small APRA-regulated funds, income that is currently taxable as NALI will be limited to twice the level of general expense and the income that is taxable as NALI will exclude contributions. In January, the government had suggested the income ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... users of hundreds of common medicines to access up to two months of medication at a time, the government anticipates that general patients could save up to $180 each year per medicine and concession card holders up to $43.80 each year per medicine. Some ...

Work, retirement redefined: Vanguard study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
According to Vanguard's inaugural How Australia Retires report, many working-age Australians are not only changing their expectations of life before retirement, but also reshaping expectations of what retirement means to them. Vanguard's survey of more ...

Last chance to vote: MAX Awards

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
Voting for the 29th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards will close at 5pm today. So far, the nominees have received 2494 votes in total. The MAX Awards look to celebrate the best and brightest in financial services marketing, advertising, and sales ...

MLC Life appoints chief investment officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... the dual roles of chief investment officer and deputy chief financial officer. Hiroyuki Endo, who was most recently the general manager of the separate account investment department for Nippon Life Insurance, MLC Life's parent company, moves to the new ...

Adopt QAR recommendations now: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... right explanation, it is not based on the facts," she said. She reminded industry that such institutions already provide "general advice" and said the changes will simply mean the customer's personal circumstances will need to be taken into consideration ...