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Sunsuper slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
The $67 billion superannuation fund is reducing some of its fees as part of the Protecting Your Super changes. From July 1, Sunsuper is slashing weekly fees for pension members from $3.00 to $1.50. It will also reduce investment fees for its default ...

Industry funds up premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Members of two industry superannuation funds will be paying higher group insurance premiums from next week as the Protecting Your Super changes kick into gear. GuildSuper and Childcare Super, which are part of the $1.7 billion Guild Retirement Fund ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
There's no question about it, for sure and for certain the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide ...

Superannuation fund cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
An ethical superannuation disruptor is the latest to adjust its fees before the Protecting Your Superannuation legislation hits. Future Super is cutting fees for low balance members. From July 1, the $400 million fund will remove the set dollar administration ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
A moratorium on genetic testing in the life insurance industry means that Australians can get up to half a million dollars of life cover without disclosing genetic tests. The Financial Services Council approved a moratorium on genetic tests in life ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Dealer group transitions to fee-based model

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
A dealer group has ditched grandfathered arrangements ahead of the 2021 deadline and transitioned the majority of its network to a fee-for-service model. ASX-listed Centrepoint Alliance moved 200 out of 226 of its financial advice firms to a new "transparent ...

Westpac appoints remediation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
Westpac is welcoming a new head of remediation. At the same time, the group has responded to reports of up to 300 planned redundancies within BT Financial Group. Former ANZ general manager, wealth separation and transition Mandy Rutherford has joined ...

PDS should reflect PYSP changes: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... understand that some issuers may have difficulty implementing changes to delete the line about exit fees from their template by 1 July (although it will be blank) and encourage them to make this change as soon as possible," the corporate regulator said. ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The Fed's decision to maintain current policy settings at the conclusion of last night's FOMC meeting doesn't make for much except for self-congratulations and back-patting. What matters more is the forward guidance implicit in the FOMC ...