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ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... its call centre staff used unfair and high pressure sales tactics to sell life insurers direct to consumers between 1 January 2014 and 30 June 2017. Of 32,000 life insurance policies sold, ASIC said 1166 were to consumers residing in areas with high ...

Industry fund chair retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... is retiring following about 20 years as a board director. AvSuper Fund chair George Fishlock will retire at the end of January 2019, having led the fund's board since 2003. Having worked as an air traffic controller for more than 25 years, Fishlock first ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... international LICs and LITs is also on the rise for those looking to tap into new asset markets, particularly offshore. Between January 2018 and June 2018, the value of LIC and LIT trades executed by SMSFs rose from 23% to 26%. WAM Capital, Argo Investments ...

Retail super funds reject MySuper delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... blamed the limitation of CBA's systems and lack of operational capacity for failing to meet the Government-mandated 1 January 2014 deadline that default contributions must be paid into MySuper products. CBA acknowledged it failed to bring to ADA ...

More risk advisers offloading practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... policies has dropped dramatically to 80% this year thanks to the Life Insurance Remuneration Act, which came to effect on 1 January 2018. Insurance companies used to receive up to 120% of the first year's premium as a commission, he said. Secondly ...

Link fund admin chief departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... resignation after eight years with the administrator. Holden was appointed to lead the fund administration division in January 2015. Prior to joining Link, Holden was the general manager of airport operations at Qantas and has also held various roles ...

YBR rejects 'opportunistic' takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... five years, it said. Mercantile Investments is in the business of acquiring large stakes in diversified companies. In January this year, it made a takeover bid for Bauxite Resources. In July, Mercantile announced it would acquire all the shares in IPE ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... ANZ to court, the trial would have only started in July. And the case would have been still awaiting resolution as of January 2019. Whereas by an enforceable undertaking, ANZ's case reached resolution in July 2018, he pointed out. Peter Kell's ...

T. Rowe Price names new APAC distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... Nick Trueman has been appointed head of Global Investment Management Service, APAC. He will commence in the role on 1 January 2019. Trueman replaces Keller who was recently named head of GIMS for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Trueman has been with ...

ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... blame the limitation of CBA's systems and lack of operational capacity for failing to meet the Government-mandated 1 January 2014 deadline that default contributions must be paid into MySuper products.