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Blue Sky dissolves chief executive role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Blue Sky is bidding farewell to its chief executive, after a strategic assessment determined the role "is no longer required". Joel Cann left the organisation effective Friday, less than two months after he joined the company. Cann joined from property ...

Law Council chides ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
The Law Council of Australia has scolded ASIC, after deputy chair Daniel Crennan warned the financial services industry not to waste the regulator's time. The Law Council of Australia has openly grilled the corporate regulator's approach, after ...

Intrust launches micro-saving app

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Intrust Super is helping members save for a house and more for retirement by launching micro-contribution tool SuperCents. SuperCents connects members' everyday banking accounts to their super to help top-up contributions. The technology behind the ...

Super funds partner for $250m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
First State Super and VicSuper are partnering with the Victorian Government to set up a $250 million fund which will invest in small and medium businesses in the state. Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas announced $50 million towards the $250 million Victorian ...

Wills and BDBN raise adviser interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
The complexities of binding death benefit nominations and wills piqued the interest of many at the quarterly Challenger and Financial Standard Technical Services Forum. Australian Unity head of technical services Yvonne Chu raised the question of what ...

Navigating the new Pensioners Loan Scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Age pensioners may be able to borrow up to $54,000 against their family home from July 1 but retirees must weigh individual circumstances before applying for the revamped Pensioners Loan Scheme, says AMP. The scope of the Pensioners Loan Scheme, which ...

Super calculators to align with MoneySmart

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Superannuation and retirement income calculators will adjust the inflation rates they use after an ASIC instrument amendment. ASIC updated the instrument governing superannuation and retirement income calculators to require providers to adjust for inflation ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
"Anything that could go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's law. It seems like it for us, Australians all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the ...

Global manager welcomes former CFSGAM head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
The former head of client relationships at Colonial First State Global Asset Management has joined the leadership team of a $695 billion investment manager. MFS Investment Management has named Daniel Bristow as director of consultant relations in Australia. ...

Minimum wage rises by 3%

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Australia's minimum wage is set to rise by 3%. The Fair Work Commission has determined Australia's national minimum wage (NMW) will increase by 3% to $19.49 per hour. Effective from the first full pay period starting on or after July 1, the increase ...