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More pension funds, insurers impacted by MOVEit mass-hack

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... CalPERS, CalSTRS uses PBI to ensure payments are not sent after a member has passed away. PBI also locates missing pension plan participants and missing beneficiaries and relatives. It is used by thousands of companies worldwide. CalSTRS did not disclose ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... products were put in place, however they don't cover financial advice services. One outcome led to the ban of hawking direct life insurance in 2020. National Advice Solutions was recently convicted of cold-calling consumers, trying to convince them ...

Westpac plans aggressive platforms play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
... financial advisers currently use BT's platforms, which currently comprise Panorama and Asgard eWRAP. By market share, Plan For Life puts BT at the top with 17.1% as at December 2022. Rady said he believes this is in part because of the unique value ...

Allianz Retire+ makes key appointments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... and research relationship manager is Robert Coulter, previously head of clients, APAC at Ignition Advice. Allianz Australia Life Insurance chief executive Adrian Stewart said: "Robert brings over two decades of experience working with financial planners ...

AMP rolls out new North features

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
In a bid to improve advice practice efficiency, AMP introduced a new Record of Advice (ROA) process to the platform, while also upgrading its MyNorth Lifetime Super Calculator. The new ROA template contains pre-formatted tables and charts detailing ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... financial advice," FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said. "The government has also provided certainty with the continuation of life insurance commissions, whilst introducing a consent obligation that is covered through existing client approval arrangements." ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... for agents or employees of Australian Authorised Deposit-Taking Institutions (Recommendation 13.5) will also be removed. Life, general and consumer credit insurance commissions (Recommendations 13.7 - 13.9) will have to provide standardised consumer ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Inflation is a looming threat to retirement incomes, so it's no surprise financial advisers are rotating toward more dynamic strategies. According to a report penned by Challenger and Ensombl, inflation is fast becoming the number one threat to ...

Generation Life rolls out product enhancements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Generation Life has unveiled the next generation of its LifeIncome offering, introducing a new tool for financial advisers. LifeIncome was launched last year on the GBST cloud-based wealth administration platform, Composer. Responding to feedback from ...

Zurich, InterPrac, Sequoia back pro-bono advice

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... sufficient financial resources for up to two weeks. "In addition, one in three people indicated they had no financial backup plan in these circumstances," she said. "Seeking and obtaining the right advice at the right time can make a significant and ...