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APRA resumes life insurance intervention

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
APRA will resume its intervention into the life insurance market to stem ongoing heavy losses in individual disability income insurance. APRA announced its intervention in December last year, highlighting flaws in individual disability income insurance ...

IFM, Trafigura launch renewable investment company

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
IFM Investors has formed a joint venture with physical commodities trading group Trafigura to launch a new company set to invest in solar, wind and power storage projects globally. Nala Renewables aims to build a portfolio of renewable energy projects ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
BlackRock is urging its employees to disclose their involvement in office romances, as well as intimate relationships with anyone associated with the US$7.4 trillion asset manager, in a bid to crack down on conflicts of interest. BlackRock staff members ...

FCA reviews regulation of foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority is reassessing how it should authorise and supervise foreign firms providing financial services in the UK as the Brexit transition period ends. The FCA announced it launched the consultation process in anticipating an ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A third superannuation fund in mere months has terminated its mandate with AMP Capital to manage to its ethical investment option. ESSSuper, the $30 billion government fund for the emergency services, terminated AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced ...

ASIC extends advice, capital raising provisions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
ASIC has extended the relief to financial advice that relates to the early release of superannuation scheme as well as certain capital raisings due to the uncertainty of the pandemic. The corporate regulator has extended the capped advice fees regarding ...

Lifespan adds MDAs to BT Panorama

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Lifespan Financial Planning has launched 30 managed discretionary account model portfolios on BT Panorama. The portfolios will be available to Lifespan's advisers who use BT Panorama. Lifespan has over 250 advisers, the company said. The offering includes ...

ASIC provides relief to Victorian advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has shifted to a no-action position on fee disclosure statements and renewal notice obligations for financial advice businesses in Victoria. The no-action applies to AFS licensees and representatives where their business is solely ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
So far fresh Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga is off to a good start. The Prime Minister takes over from Shinzo Abe at a time when the global economy appears to have seen the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Many governments have eased/lifted ...

Zurich distribution chief joins boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
Zurich's chief distribution officer, life and investments is set to depart, taking on a new role with a boutique fund manager from December. The executive overseeing its group insurance proposition is also set to depart as the insurer restructures ...