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Chant West to buy Rice Warner insurance comparator

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... service extension for many of our clients, several of whom have been asking for the business to provide more insights into retail insurance and group life cover. We recognise that insurance is an ever-changing and complex market, and the addition of ...

Adviser levy to increase by 160%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... by the equivalent of 160% over two years, with industry bodies outraged. The total cost levied by ASIC is now $1500 per retail advice licence, plus an additional $2426 per authorised representative under the licence. A sole practitioner would now have ...

Colonial First State names head of insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... senior roles with Swiss Re and Hannover Life Re Australasia. He also spent over five years at MLC working across group life, retail, and direct life insurance. Colonial First State head of superannuation Kylie Turner welcomed Fortescue's appointment. ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... APRA-regulated assets, which increased 3% to $2.06 trillion. The self-managed super fund sector was flat at $764.2 billion. Pitting retail funds against industry funds, the latter jumped 6% to $817.9 billion year on year, while the retail sector declined ...

Metrics launches NZ fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... capitalise on the growing opportunity in the corporate loan market," Lockhart said. Metrics plans to launch a similar fund for retail investors in New Zealand later in the year. In July 2020, Metrics launched the Metrics Direct Income Fund in Australia ...

Prime Value hires from MLC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... Prime Value offers something unique for Australian investors. "Prime Value brings family-office calibre and stewardship to retail investment funds and has runs on the board for consistency and innovation," he said. Morgan added that Prime Value's family ...

Chief economist update: Getting better, but not better enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... was earlier expected. There has been strong growth in employment and a welcome decline in the unemployment rate to 6.4%. Retail spending has been strong and most of the households and businesses that had deferred loan repayments have now recommenced ...

State Street loses Fearless Girl replica claim

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... campaign from industries including professional services, accountancy, property, energy, superannuation, private health funds, retail banking, legal, education, construction, and other industries. The cost of the full-sized replica of the statue was ...

Former Apogee adviser charged with deception

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... appeared in court after being charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception for his role in an illegal retail superannuation scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that Saad, while working as ...

Australia to echo UK advice growth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... to Intelliflo. The UK-based financial advice technology provider referred to various reforms in the UK, such as the 2012 Retail Distribution Review and General Data Protection Regulation in 2018, which saw financial adviser numbers fall and firms leaving ...