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Government super fund changes insurance terms, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... making several changes to its premiums and policy terms following negotiations with its insurer AIA Australia. From 1 October 2019, members of GESB Super and West State Super will see changes to their TPD and salary continuance insurance (SCI). For death ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... growth rate of 2.3% in the March 2008 quarter and by 8.4% at the end of 2008. So close yet so far off. Even as late as October 2007, the Fed Reserve Bank of Cleveland published that probability of a US recession has come down to 14% from 17% in the previous ...

ASIC to crack down on platform fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... action client response and monitor and audit compliance with renewal notice obligations. The letter, which was sent in October 2018, requested platforms provide information about whether there is a standard template for their fee disclosure statements ...

Zurich inks exclusive retail distribution deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... First State, which had money with the Sigma-managed strategy in separate mandates, terminated the funds last month. In October last year, Celeste bought back a stake in the business previously owned by Pacific Current Group, taking the firm's equity ...

Industry funds name new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... appointed to lead Equipsuper and Catholic Super in September, before heading the joint company when it begins operating in October. It will be the first time in Australia that two superannuation funds have concurrently had the same chief executive, the ...

Financial Wisdom to shut down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... the business saw 99.76% in favour of the decision. The $2.5 million transaction is now expected to be completed around October 1.

ANZ scraps individual bonuses

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
ANZ has taken individual bonuses off the table in favour of an incentive based on group performance. From October 1 most ANZ staff will be rewarded with a group performance dividend based on the bank's performance across four perspectives: risk, financial ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... years in federal prison for her conviction on 17 charges relating to a $29.3 million (US$20 million) Ponzi scheme. In October 2018, Bennett was found guilty of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and making false statements on a loan ...

Australian equity markets remain clean: ASIC

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... equity markets continue to operate with "a high degree of integrity". Measuring the period from 1 November 2015 to 31 October 2018, the report focused on insider trading and information leaks ahead of material, price-sensitive announcements as its measure ...

Advice software firm appoints sales lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... adviser platform alternative". Anderson joins from Stanford Brown which he joined as a business development manager in October last year. Prior to that, he worked at Challenger for almost a decade, after spending 15 years at Macquarie in various business ...