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Australian retirement outcomes among the best

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
Latest research from Natixis Investment Managers shows the wellbeing of Australia's retirees remains steady. For the third year running Australia has placed sixth overall for retirement outcomes in Natixis' Global Retirement Index, sitting behind Switzerland ...

ASIC to ramp up trustee visits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... practical changes will be implemented to ultimately provide transparency and usable information for consumers. Over the last six months, ASIC has engaged with several super trustees on fee disclosures that were "misleading" and had to be rectified. Eccleston ...

Life insurer undertakes strategic review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
In the lead up to an appearance at the Royal Commission, an ASX-listed life insurer has announced it is undertaking a strategic review. Freedom Insurance Group said the decision to assess its options was spurred by the release of ASIC's review into ...

AMP Capital hires award-winning stock picker

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... estimator and the second-best stock picker in French utilities. The hire takes AMP Capital global listed infrastructure team to six senior investment professionals, split between London and Sydney. Debs will be based in London, reporting to AMP Capital's ...

ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... that was chief executive of Equipsuper from 2010 to 2016. Press became the first female director on the board of robo-adviser Six Park in July. She held various senior roles at UBS Global Asset Management for about 17 years, including deputy head for ...

TAL enhances musculoskeletal underwriting initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... Separately, TAL recently waived insurance premiums for drought-affected farmers in New South Wales and Queensland for a period of six months. TAL retail customers who are eligible for the Federal government's farm household allowance can receive ...

Fintech introduces STP product

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... ClickSuper has been delivering clearing house services to payroll groups and their employer clients in Australia for the past six years. It has processed millions transactions representing more than $10 billion in value.

Custodians oversee heightened domestic equity trades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) show increasing trends in domestic equity transactions continued during the six months to 30 June 2018. ACSA said more than 9.7 million trades were settled during the period, or about 80,000 transactions ...

FSC responds to direct life insurance findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
The Financial Services Council said it is "disappointed" ASIC's review into direct insurance has uncovered continuing practices of some life insurers that led to poor consumers outcomes. In response to the report ASIC handed down yesterday, the FSC ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... overall claim outcomes was also "poor" compared to life insurance sold through other channels. APRA and ASIC figures show in the six months to June 2017, only 84% of claims finalised via direct channels - the overall figure stands at 93% across all channels. ...