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Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... Insurers chief executive Christine Cupitt said the association fully supports the ban. "Australia's life insurers have never wanted to do anything to discourage people from taking genetic tests and accessing the information they need to make informed ...

NZ Super Fund shines bright with standout return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund, NZ Super Fund, posted a herculean return of 14.94% this past financial year, trouncing its peers, according to data provider Global SWF. The fund outperformed its Treasury Bills benchmark - a measure based on the ...

Vale Greg Bright

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... Standard in 2003. Despite being in competition with Financial Standard, Bright remained one of its most loyal supporters - he never missed a MAX Awards, always offering his inside views on nominees and attempting to predict the outcome, often even beating ...

Independent MPs call for super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... precedent within our taxation system. The taxation of unrealised capital gains means people will be taxed on money they may never see," Tink said. "This is deeply problematic and must be addressed. The lack of indexation on the large balance threshold ...

Acquisitions boost WT Financial Group results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... than $23 billion in FUA at the end of 2023. "We've remained confident that the outlook for the advice profession has never been stronger for those who embrace its ongoing modernisation. The demand for quality financial and personal risk insurance ...

CFMEU fallout stokes governance debate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
The ongoing scandal surrounding the Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) has called into question the governance settings within the industry superannuation fund sector, with some suggesting boards no longer require - or benefit ...

Cbus taps ex-AustralianSuper equities chief for 'critical role'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Cbus has appointed a former AustralianSuper equities chief to serve as its head of portfolio construction. Justin Pascoe, who joined AustralianSuper as a senior portfolio manager in June 2019 before being promoted in August 2021, will take on the "critical ...

AMP Super trustee has additional licence conditions removed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
The AMP Super Fund trustee, N.M. Super, has had its additional licence conditions lifted, marking the end of all outstanding matters raised by the Financial Services Royal Commission. N.M. Super, which controls the AMP Super Fund and Wealth Personal ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Luke Howarth has reaffirmed the opposition unreservedly supports Michelle Levy's Quality of Advice Review (QAR) recommendations and wouldn't go back to the drawing board, at an event hosted by the Financial Services ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... healthy" but "cannot last forever." As for geopolitical risks, Pearce said that in all his 30 years of investing, he's never been in a position where the world was totally at peace. "Is the world a riskier place now? That's quite subjective. ...