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Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... anticipated future living expenses. It elaborated that the framework would build on recommendations made during the recent Quality of Advice Review (QAR) to improve the accessibility and affordability of quality financial advice. The paper said it would ...

Commonwealth Super Corp selects Challenger for retirement products

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... CSC customers are worried their savings will run out, leading many to 'under retire' and unnecessarily reduce their quality of life," Hamilton said. "Leveraging our expertise in managing longevity risk, CSC can now offer their customers a solution that ...

Frontier restructures, promotes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... research and client consulting teams. Polson said patience will be key. "We're a people business," he said "The quality of our team and the integrity of our unconflicted advice model is what our clients really value. So, we must be very selective ...

Key advice reforms still coming, Jones promises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... acknowledged feedback from the advice sector in relation to the first tranche of draft legislation to come out of the Quality of Advice Review, released last week. Upon its release, many lamented the exclusion of any changes to the provision of Statements ...

Paraplanners unfazed by QAR, AI: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
The majority of paraplanners are not worried about artificial intelligence or the Quality of Advice Review potentially making their roles redundant, according to a new survey. This year's Paraplanner Hub and Tanngo survey finds that most paraplanners ...

Inaugural FAAA award winners named

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... passion and dedication that they bring to their roles." Abood also congratulated the finalists in each category. "The quality of the applications for each award was outstanding, and all the finalists should be very proud of their achievements," she said. ...

Insignia Financial finds buyer for Millennium3

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... advice through superannuation, and to leverage future opportunities presented by the government's response to the Quality of Advice Review." WTL intends to fund the acquisition using cash on hand and will purchase M3 on a debt-free, cash-free basis ...

MA Financial issues first RMBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... our investor base," he said. Already, MA Money treasurer Akeshni Gour said the group is particularly pleased with the quality of institutional investors participating. "We want to be a meaningful and innovative leader... And these proceeds will bolster ...

Allianz Retire+ heavyweight jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... cost than today." He is beginning to see some support for this idea and hopes it will emerge as a second phase of the Quality of Advice reforms. Separately, Ryan Harbin has joined Allianz Retire+ as the state manager of Queensland. He arrived from Dexus ...

HUB24 unveils new offering for lower balance clients

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... their advice journey with their first portfolio or entering the drawdown phase. "What's great about Discover is the quality of the investment managers delivering a streamlined list of managed portfolios coupled with our award-winning platform features ...