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Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... advice. Meanwhile, a former GPS Wealth representative has been banned for three years for similar misconduct involving insurance products. Former Sydney-based financial adviser Adrian Khaw is facing a four-year ban from providing financial services after ...

Trustee firm, super fund in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... personal in nature and provided without a Statement of Advice. False and misleading statements about superannuation, insurance products and services were also made in the promotion of the fund, ASIC alleges. The group insurance available through mobiSuper ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... benefit divisions would need to be quarantined," he said. Dunnin added that while it was a third party relationship, insurance would contribute an additional layer of complexity to the tie-up, with QSuper owning its own life insurer, QInsure. "These ...

The cost of mental illness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... advocating for long term investment in mental health care to lead to better outcomes for Australians," she said. The life insurance industry was made mention of in the Productivity Commission report. "The life insurance industry does increasingly great ...

Wealth income halved, Hartzer skips $1.6m bonus

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... "Excluding these notable items, cash earnings were down 4% on FY18, which was mainly due to a reduction in wealth and insurance income from the exit of our financial planning business, higher insurance claims and the impact of regulatory changes on revenue," ...

WTW launches first Australian-domiciled fund, names RE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... the world's top global equity managers." WTW said it is fielding wide expressions of interest from super funds, insurance companies, charities, endowments, family offices and private wealth clients having already raised $150 million. Perpetual Corporate ...

Cbus chief opposes default longevity requirements for CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... there remains the more significant problem of members spending too little of their retirement savings as a form of self-insurance against a future capital needs," he said. Traditional annuities not of much use Atkin said, in developing a retirement income ...

CBA finalises CommInsure sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
Commonwealth Bank has completed the divestment of its life insurance business to AIA Australia, which includes a 25-year joint co-operation agreement. After more than two years of negotiations, CBA said it has received an upfront payment of $500 million ...

Link Advice partners with $12bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... members with a broader range of topics than the fund could previously attend to, such as contributions, investment choice, insurance, transition to retirement, retirement advice and retirement health checks. "This is particularly important in a post-Royal ...

ASIC puts trustees on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... superannuation trustees are required to write to members with a balance of less than $6000 to notify them that their insurance cover may cease from 1 April 2020 unless they opt-in. "A recent review by ASIC found that many superannuation trustees did ...