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FPA supports tightening insurance claims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia said in a submission to Treasury that it supports bringing insurance claims handling under the definition of financial services. The submission, in response to Treasury's exposure draft legislation and ...

Janus Henderson shuts down Aussie fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
Janus Henderson Investors has shut down the $159 million Australian version of its global emerging market equities fund, returning capital to investors. The Australian fund was officially terminated on October 31 and the windup concluded a month after. ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
In a submission to the Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology, ASIC has claimed it is "supportive" of robo-advice, though harbours concerns around its ability to meet the best interests duty. The regulator said it has met ...

Double exit from investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
An investment firm which manages over a billion dollars has announced a double exit, as its joint chief executives step down. Catherine van der Veen and Lucy Foster will be stepping down from their roles as joint chief executives and managing directors ...

FSC, super sector steps up for bushfire affected

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
Major players in the wealth management industry are taking steps to help those affected by the ongoing bushfires, with the crisis also sparking debate over whether early access to superannuation savings should be made available. This week the Financial ...

Goldman Sachs realigns reporting structure

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
Global investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has overnight announced new reporting structures for its financial results, in a move that will align the bank closer with its Wall Street peers. The changes come just a week short of the bank's fourth-quarter ...

MLC Life Insurance under review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Australia's life insurance industry is facing deteriorating profitability in relation to income protection products, according to MLC Life Insurance owner Nippon Life. The Japan-based majority shareholder of MLC Life purchased the business off National ...

Sophistication: More than money

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Under the FASEA Code of Ethics the amount of money an individual has to invest can no longer be relied upon to determine whether they are a sophisticated investor or not. Sophisticated investors are defined by ASIC's Money Smart as investors with a ...

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
JANA Investment Advisers may be forced to hand over key documents as part of Rest's ongoing legal battle with member Mark McVeigh. Final discovery orders were consented to by both Rest and McVeigh in late December last year. Documents created by ...

Government ignored ASIC over LIC carve-out

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
Documents released under Freedom of Information laws reveal the government ignored ASIC's advice to not create a carve-out for LICs and LITs in the Future of Financial Advice conflicted commission ban. According to documents published last week under ...