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Retirement portfolios need a rethink: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... longevity risk. "So-called low risk defensive assets have turned out to be low growth with high income volatility over the past decade," Birtles said. The research said it is incorrect to assume that growth assets are 'high risk' and all defensive assets ...

Raiz rolls out SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... also continues to grow, with some 597,000 SMSFs established as of March 2021, despite the annual rate of establishment at decade lows. According to the research, SMSFs trustees are also getting younger, with the average age falling from 48 to 46 years ...

Astute Wealth alleges copyright breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... have copied our material. Given all that has happened in and to the financial advice industry in Australia over the past decade, if any industry knows how imperative it is to behave with honesty and integrity, it is this one." Lumiant has specifically ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... insurance book, strategy, brand, sales and reputation. Silk said Schroder has played a key role across the fund over the past decade in providing low cost insurance to members, building the fund's brand and most recently embedding a leading risk ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Last week, the federal government announced exemptions for the insurance industry in relation to Royal Commission reforms. According to the Consumer Action Law Centre, these exemptions allow the insurance industry to side-step the Royal Commission recommendations ...

BNY Mellon acquires Milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
BNY Mellon will acquire Milestone Group, a funds management technology provider. The deal comes just over a year after the two companies formed an alliance to create a suite of oversight and contingent net asset value (NAV) services for asset managers ...

MySuper performance soars

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
MySuper options have delivered the best annual financial returns in over three decades, new research shows. The latest data from Rainmaker Information's Default MySuper Index recorded 2020/21 financial year returns of an average of 18%, after all fees ...

AMP Life CIO moves to HESTA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... following the separation and sale of AMP's life insurance business. Before joining AMP Life, Brunton spent more than a decade in investment roles at AMP Capital and was also head of global credit at QIC. Brunton officially starts in the role on July ...

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... cover. On June 28, BT Super appointed Gai McGrath to chair its trustee board, as David Plumb retired after more than a decade. McGrath was the general manager of retail banking for Westpac from 2012 to 2015 and general manager of customer service at ...

Vision Super appoints new chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The $12.2 billion industry super fund Vision Super has appointed its first female chair. Lisa Darmanin stepped into the role at the start of the new financial year, replacing Geoff Lake after his three-year term was completed. She has been a director ...