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Group premiums rise 34%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Members of Defence Bank Super and Crescent Wealth Super have been notified their insurance premiums will increase 34%, after TAL advised it would increase premium rates. The funds informed members the changes were as a result of recent legislative changes ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... presented an email sent by Herbert-Smith around the time of the alleged events that referenced a "gentleman's agreement". The defence claims that Herbert-Smith withdrew his initial testimony due to pressure from the ACCC. Lawyers for ANZ, Deutsche and ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... compliance issues because they have chosen a product that claims to be FASEA compliant. "What product you're using isn't a defence," Marshan said. "You still have to be looking at the code holistically and acting in an ethical manner."

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... Superannuation Scheme (CSS), Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme, and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB). It is also responsible for pension payments out of two DB schemes that are now ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... luncheon's guest speaker was Rabia Siddique, a human rights lawyer and author who in 2007 sued the UK Ministry of Defence for sex discrimination and failing to acknowledge her role in a hostage rescue operation in Iraq. She won the landmark case ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... of the exchange between Glenfield and Stoker, Australian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson interrupted several times in defence of FASEA. "They're trying to change a culture; that's the whole point... in an industry that's been malfunctioning for some ...

AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... overplayed her role in fee-for-no-services escalation and could be "verbose and dominant" in conversations, AMP says in its defence to her claim seeking compensation for unfair dismissal. The senior lawyer dragged her former employer to Federal Court ...

Corporate fund appoints risk lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... appointment is a reflection of Qantas Super's focus on risk and compliance and its implementation of the 'Three Lines of Defence' risk governance model within the organisation. "Suzette is a highly talented and accomplished risk executive, evidenced ...

BetaShares defends Dividend Harvester ETF after critical report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... investors and therefore the current features of the product are considered insufficient to warrant an investable rating." In defence of the performance, BetaShares said: "The high yield of the fund can be advantageous in retirement portfolios, irrespective ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... establish the Australian Whitehelm Listed Core Infrastructure Fund - Unhedged recognised retail investors were seeking defence against the risks to their equity portfolios given the current market volatility. Net of fees, the European version has outperformed ...