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Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The hits keep coming for Australia's life insurance industry, with new data showing total risk premiums inflows dropped by more than $790 million in the 12 months to September 2019, as major players endured another tough year. Australia's life insurance ...

Super fund names advice head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... continue to deliver on our ambitious program to enhance our ability to deliver advice and education to more HESTA members via their channel of choice, be that digital, phone or face-to-face," Blakey said. It comes after the fund appointed a new general ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... followed its 15 November injection of CNY200 billion (US$28.6 billion) worth of liquidity into China's financial system via its MLF (medium-term lending facility) loans to banks and the prior week's announcement reduction of the one-year MLF ...

Shareholder activism on the rise

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Activists continue to have a strong influence on boards, with 122 board seats won by activists in 2019. Most of these were secured via negotiated settlements (85%), with 20% of activist board seats going to female directors. The report also outlines ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority released its look-back at 2019, making special mention of tough times for the life insurance industry and questioning its sustainability. "Australia's life insurance sector faced deteriorating conditions ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... likely require some combination of general US dollar weakness, lower interest rates and a spike in inflation expectations - via higher oil prices and/or concerns of a negative spill-over to global growth." Despite this, Eliseo said the case for owning ...

What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... complete by the end of April, but in May members were still unable to log in to their accounts online and access to accounts via the ATO was even suspended, with accounts showing as closed. 9. Hostplus enters merger talks In the middle of the year Hostplus ...

Chief economist update: War is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... followed its November 15 injection of CNY200 billion (US$28.6 billion) worth of liquidity into China's financial system via its MLF (medium-term lending facility) loans to banks and the prior week's announcement reduction of the one-year MLF ...

Super sector to dominate by 2034

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... "Large funds are already innovative in moving into ownership of other (related party) financial services businesses, usually via private equity or venture capital," Rice Warner said. "As these risks are borne by members, little capital is required at ...

Pinnacle buys stake in Coolabah

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... in funds under management) buying back Yellow Brick Road's 50% stake in the business. Pinnacle is funding the purchase via a facility from CBA and expects the transaction to complete around next Monday. Berkshire Global Advisors acted as the adviser ...