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Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... Overall fund flows into responsible investments continued to grow in the year ending 31 March 2022, according to Plan for Life. As of the end of March, the overall responsible investment market finished 43.6% higher to stand at $120.0 billion and annual ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... account is a flexible pension account that provides a market-linked income stream and an annual bonus with rates guaranteed for life. The annual bonus, which is underwritten by TAL, rises the longer customers live and the premium is paid from their estate ...

First Sentier launches small cap fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
First Sentier has launched a new Australian small companies fund that offers a long short strategy to wholesale and retail investors. The First Sentier Australian Small Companies Long Short Opportunities Fund seeks out small high-quality companies that ...

ASIC issues stop order on third property fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
ASIC has made its third interim stop order this month on another property fund after it failed to meet target market determination (TMD) requirements. Australasian Property Investments Limited (APIL) is the most recent fund manager to be detected by ...

Time to throw out the antiquated lifetime annuity mindset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... very stable, very predictable and linked to one asset with total inflexibility - but that's completely changed, Generation Life chief executive Grant Hackett said. The perception of traditional lifetime annuities has been quite negative over the decade ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... across all four indices and Australia is top 10 for Finances and Health and New Zealand top ten for Finances and Quality of Life sub-indices," she said. Watson concluded the compulsory nature of Australia and New Zealand's super industry creates ...

iExtend adds lead alliances role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... also previously held senior distribution roles with Sunsuper and Millennium 3. He has also previously served as head of life risk at Professional Investment Services and general manager of wealth management NZ and Queensland at ANZ. His promotion follows ...

BFID no hindrance to helping vulnerable members: Panel

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... about risks around access. We see access as a key vulnerability that can exist for many people in different phases of their life, but it has some pretty big disadvantages if people are locked out of that sector," he said. "The superannuation sector has ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... Newcastle surveyed 575 women and 536 men aged from 18-90 years. The joint report titled: Financial Wellbeing and General Life Satisfaction in Australia revealed respondents answered 61.69% of the five financial literacy questions. The data suggests an ...

Insurers are 'fishing' for non-disclosures: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... reasonable grounds to undertake them. We expect physical surveillances to be used as a last resort only." ASIC has written to the life insurers covered by the review to outline areas for improvement and communicate expectations for their use of investigative ...