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NFP funds dominate group insurance market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... to take-up default insurance. After examining insurance options available via 220 products, Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking report reveals NFP funds account for the majority of the group insurance market at 60%. NFP funds account for more than half ...

APRA endorses review recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation) Act 2019. "APRA's work on performance benchmarking and data collection will be a priority, and should be aligned with other initiatives that require legislation (such as choice ...

APRA sticks to rigid member outcomes deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... requirements, it will seek RSE's proposed design and implementation timing. Information on cohort construction, benchmarking, data sources and alignment with the business planning process will be of particular interest. Trustees must also prepare ...

Associations raise member outcomes concern

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... performance review, which requires funds to compare outcomes against objective benchmarks, the AIST doubts that meaningful benchmarking can be performed due to differences in fees, costs and returns. There is a need for a comprehensive data reporting ...

Advisers loyal to XPLAN: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... financial advisers for the 12th consecutive year. This is according to the latest Investment Trends Planning Software Benchmarking Report, which showed XPLAN blitzed 29 of 34 categories. Other than XPLAN, the majority of financial planners use COIN ...

SMSFs outshine industry funds for large balances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... (-10.2%) and IOOF (-9.7%) also became dissatisfied with their super fund over the period. Rainmaker's September 2018 Benchmarking report showed industry funds dominated the top 50 superannuation funds based on segment. AustralianSuper led the pack ...

J.P. Morgan appoints new local chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... driving our sales revenue growth and success of our markets businesses, achieving substantial market share and external benchmarking improvements in Australia and New Zealand." "His leadership and strong partnerships with colleagues across various lines ...

Benchmark APRA against global counterparts: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
APRA's first capability review should consider benchmarking it against comparable prudential regulators around the globe, says its terms of reference which are now open for response. Last month, the Government agreed to undertake regular capability ...

Smaller platforms continue to excel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... Trends' latest report. Netwealth and HUB24 were top of the platform pile in 2018 according to the firm's annual benchmarking and competitive analysis report. It ranked the two smaller players at the top in terms of functionality. However, the ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... APRA-regulated funds be required to undertake annual outcomes tests for their MySuper and choice offerings, with clear benchmarking requirements for all MySuper and choice investment options. The report said benchmarking should include a requirement ...