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Japanese insurer gets Treasury tick to up Challenger stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... access to Japan's annuity market and MSI Primary Life sought to diversify counterparties for hedge transactions in association with business expansion. Challenger Life started by providing provide Australian-dollar annuities to Mitsui Sumitomo Primary ...

Association policy lead to join Treasury

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
The head of policy at a major industry association has taken a new role with Federal Treasury. Jordan George has been the head of policy at the SMSF Association for seven and a half years. The SMSFA confirmed to Financial Standard that George will step ...

AFA names education award finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has named the 2019 finalists for its AFA Excellence in Education Award. In its 12th year now, the award recognises "the transformative power of education in advice" and rewards advisers who are "striving for excellence ...

Low inflation rate masks rising living costs woes

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... overall inflation rate has been low, retirees are seeing a "steep" increase in the cost of basic items, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. In ASFA's latest Retirement Standard, it found over the year to June quarter 2019 ...

Adviser of the Year finalists named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
The finalists for the Association of Financial Advisers' most sought after honours, the Adviser of the Year Award, have been announced. This year's finalists are Simone Du Chesne of EQWealth, Joseph Hoe of Wealthwise, and Elliot Watson of Elliot ...

AMP advisers to fight BOLR changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The AMP Financial Planners Association will contest changes to AMP's Buyer of Last Resort terms flagged last week, saying the group has failed to meet contractual obligations to advisers. Last week, AMP signaled it would look to align BOLR business ...

AFA names Female Excellence finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... females and encouraging more women to consider financial planning as a potential career. The awards, supported by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and TAL, aims to "promote positive change in the financial advice sector by encouraging more ...

More scrutiny for super fund, insurance firm chiefs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Top executives of superannuation funds and life insurance companies could soon face another inquiry that has traditionally put the blowtorch on the chiefs of the four major banks. The Coalition has asked that the House of Representatives Standing Committee ...

Survey backs SG increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Respondents in Financial Standard 's latest spot poll have welcomed the pending increases to the Superannuation Guarantee beyond 9.5%. The majority (79%) of respondents support the legislated incremental increases to the SG starting from 1 July 2021 ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
The philanthropic foundation of the Financial Planning Association of Australia appointed an additional three directors to its board. Future2 is welcoming the appointments of former FPA chair Julie Berry, acting Commonwealth Bank executive general manager ...