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Life insurers disregard code of practice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... Compliance Committee has said that life insurers appear not to be taking their obligations under the Life Insurance Code of Practice seriously. The code came into effect in 2017, with the independent committee now publishing its second annual report ...

New advice compliance solution launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... system does create benchmarks though, so users can identify the improvements that need to be made in order to achieve best practice and improve not only client relationships but compliance obligations too.

At least $70bn more in stimulus needed: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... assuming no boost to GDP from the spending, public debt by 2029-30 would be only 3-4% of GDP higher than otherwise. In practice, accelerating the pace of economic recovery, and preventing the long-term costs of sustained high unemployment, would result ...

HESTA to go zero carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... investment decision-making across the portfolio and would be informed by ongoing research and developments in investment practice. "We're at the start of this journey, and we acknowledge that there is still a lot of work to be done," Blakey said. "We ...

FPA Congress moves online

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the 2020 FPA Virtual Congress masterclass series will go live on July 9. The FPA is offering its Congress format as a virtual event for the first time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Super fund names chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
An $85 billion industry superannuation fund has named a new chief risk officer. UniSuper, the fund for the higher education and research sector, today announced the appointment of Andrew Raftis as its new chief risk officer. Raftis will lead UniSuper's ...

Managed accounts demand rises: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... philosophy for their clients while also providing increased investment reporting, insight and compliance rigour for the practice. Wright said Zenith has been providing managed account solutions to advisers for their clients for four years. "We believe ...

PPS Mutual bolsters distribution

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... development manager in Queensland, reporting to the firm's Queensland state manager, Richard Hopwood. Tang is a former practice development manager for Financial Wisdom and CFP Pathways, having held that role for the past four years. Previously, he was ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... extremely different to other OECD countries and materially divergent from what is considered to be well documented best practice. Jim Stening, chief executive of FIIG, said: "The topic from the Standing Committee is one that surfaces every now and then ...

Platform prototypes compliance capability

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
HUB24 is developing a new tech capability, which it says will identify compliance issues before they happen. The specialist platform is currently working with five licensees to build the tool, including its subsidiary Paragem, which will use machine ...