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New wellbeing venture for BT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... and travel. The My Wellbeing Rewards initiative will allow new and existing clients to get a 10% discount on Protection Plans Term Life policy premiums. BT is also waiving the policy fee for all Term Life policies. The offers are subject to certain age ...

Record Budget spend for older Australians

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... packages. The Government has already announced 30,000 new home care packages over the last 18 months. The Morrison Government plans to invest in residential care for the elderly, with $320 million of the money going to a general subsidy boost for residential ...

Frydenberg makes big promises for small business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... aggregated turnover below $50 million to 25%. There will be a 16% tax discount for unincorporated businesses. The Government has plans to give small businesses access to a new $2 billion fund designed to make sure small businesses are paid on time by ...

UBS small caps team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... with one institutional client and more than $100 million," Wood said The fund has a capacity of $800 million of which it plans to raise $500 million from institutional investors. Last year, Fidante Partners dipped its toes into active ETFs and that was ...

Consumers confused by general, personal advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... experiences within the financial services industry, and specifically the financial advice sector. It has indicated that it plans to conduct further research.

APRA warns trustees on expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... complacency, proactively assess their practices and performance across a range of dimensions and develop strategies and plans to ensure they will continue to be able to meet their obligations to their members into the future." "APRA will be ensuring ...

CPD policy publication deadline looms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... time in the future, must be accessible on the licensee's website. Furthermore the licensee must: assess and approve CPD plans of its advisers; monitor its advisers' CPD plans; assess and approve CPD activities, and attribute CPD hours; ensure that at ...

SG Hiscock, DMP Asset Management to merge

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... SG Hiscock (SGH) and DMP Asset Management (DMPAM) have agreed to merge by the end of the month. In announcing the merger plans, the two firms said a union will see the formation of a new organisation based out of Melbourne, offering respective existing ...

Major US exchange to stop listing bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... Bitcoin (USD) ("XBT") futures contract for trading in March 2019." "CFE is assessing its approach with respect to how it plans to continue to offer digital asset derivatives for trading. "While it considers its next steps, CFE does not currently intend ...

FSC to enact binding standard on genetic testing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... life insurance industry is pushing ahead with the rollout of new rules on genetic testing despite a delay. There had been plans to launch a new Life Insurance Code of Practice from July 1, but during the feedback period the Financial Services Council ...