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Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... allocation to defensive assets such as fixed interest securities and cash although according to its product disclosure statement, Spaceship will seek to diversify through exposure to index funds and exchange-traded-funds. Once matured, Spaceship hopes ...

Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... and how much it costs?" Deborah said. "No 19-year-old needs life insurance and there should be a product disclosure statement and a cooling off period like every other insurance policy in Australia." The committee will report their findings to the Senate ...

ANZ faces mis-selling allegations in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... his wife. Ten years later, the Cairns' financial adviser obtained a copy of the Easy Cover Life's product disclosure statement, which was dated November 2006. It further defined "permanent resident" as referred to in the original letter as being "an ...

MyPlanner streamlines back-office for 175 advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... strategy implementation, fact-finds and data entry and "traditional administrative services" such as product disclosure statement ordering. Commenting on the launch, MyPlanner managing director Philippa Sheehan said: "Financial planners and accountants ...

CommInsure appoints independent review panel

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
CommInsure has appointed its independent claims review panel to address "complex claim assessment." The goal of the panel will be to address issues where CommInsure's claims committee recommends a "complex life insurance claim" be denied; in these instances ...

CommInsure enhances claims process

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... definitions in its Trauma offering; these definitions will be backdated to May 2014, the last time a product disclosure statement was issued. At the same time, CommInsure has denied that it was not responsive to internal concerns when they were raised. ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... super funds to predict when members are about to leave, right down to knowing that someone opened a product disclosure statement - an indicator of switching super funds. The Australian super software provider has flagged the transition to big data analytics ...

TAL Direct business penalised for advertising

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... they were entitled during the five weeks they were off work" - in fact, the Income Protection Plus product disclosure statement specifices that claimants were paid a month in arrears following confirmation that they had been off work for the relevant ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned superannuation trustees about the promotion of member direct or self-managed investment options. ASIC commissioner Peter Kell said that occasionally the promotion of self-managed ...

Fee error forces Ausbil to pay $18m

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... 2004 and January 2014. The manager found an inconsistency between the fees outlined in the fund's Product Disclosure Statement and the fees permitted under the fund's constitution. Ausbil notified ASIC as soon as it was aware of the breach and it has ...