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Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... of Edinburgh. Perhaps not. A more rationale rational is that with cases of COVID-19 infections in Australia virtually nil, life Down Under has been returning to normal, vaccinated or not. So much so that recent business activity surveys continue to indicate ...

Super funds need to get on board with crypto: Carnegie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... Bitcoin, I understand why that's a rational strategy as well as an established strategy - HODL stands for hold on for dear life. This fund is for people who can not do that, who acknowledge that if the market blows up, they're going to get scared ...

Wholesale funds recover losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... management (FUM) down just 0.1%, recovering almost all the losses experienced as a result of COVID-19, new research from Plan For Life shows. The research revealed wholesale funds grew 5.4% in the December quarter to finish 2020 at $1.2 trillion. Pendal ...

APRA to overhaul offshore reinsurance standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
The prudential regulator has commenced industry consultation on revisions to the prudential standards for life insurers to protect life insurance policy holders against the use of offshore reinsurers. APRA is proposing an aggregate limit on exposures ...

AustralianSuper subverts stapling logic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... not follow this sequence, he said, adding that members may be stapled to a poor-performing fund - which in a sense is a "life sentence". "This is because many are disengaged and won't engage with their super fund and appreciate the 'sentence' ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles Counsell ...

Research reveals true value of advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
Unadvised Australians are open to receiving financial advice, according to an IOOF survey, which also highlighted the qualitative benefits that improve lifestyles and overall wellbeing. IOOF's The True Value of Advice report, which canvassed over ...

Spirit Super drops fees after merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Tasplan and MTAA Super's $23 billion merged fund, Spirit Super, has reduced the weekly administration fees for members by 13.4%. Effective today, the administration fees are reducing from $1.50 per week to $1.30 per week. The merged fund has also ...

Rice Warner acquired by Deloitte

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... superannuation services like benchmarking, tenders, merger assistance and actuarial (financial modelling and defined benefits); Life insurance (benchmarking, tenders, product design, compliance and reporting).

Aussies to lose $100m to fraudsters

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... most prevalent. False billings (11%) are the third-most common scam that rakes in $19.32 million for fraudsters, followed by life threats and arrests (7%,) and remote-access scams (5%). "The different forms of scam losses are likely to keep surging as ...