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Government to wind up FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... provide advice without any clear consumer benefit. While there is still much work to be done, we support moves that remove red tape for advisers and improve outcomes for consumers," Kewin said. This article was updated on December 10.

Advice associations join forces

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has formed a strategic alliance with Tax & Super Australia (TSA) in a bid to have a louder voice when lobbying for the industry. The alliance will have a membership base of 10,000 ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
However it's measured, economic growth has rebounded in the Land of the Rising Sun from the depths of the huge contraction recorded in the June 2020 quarter. Japanese GDP surged at an annualised rate of 22.9% in the September quarter (from a 29.2% ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will open a second infrastructure region in Australia next year, assisting the financial services industry to run applications and serve end users from data centres around the country. The AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region ...

Acadian hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Acadian Asset Management is growing its research team with a new appointment. Steven Wong has been named vice president of research and associate portfolio manager. He will be responsible for researching Australian and global quantitative equity portfolios ...

Iress scores dealer group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
A privately owned dealer group home to more than 70 financial advisers has partnered with Iress to provide a streamlined compliance solution. FYG has adopted Iress' data analytics solution, Lumen. The Lumen software scans for risks such as non-compliance ...

PPS Mutual transforms underwriting process

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Mutual life insurer PPS Mutual has removed several assessments to its medical and financial underwriting requirements to speed up the application process and benefit members. The mutual insurer has removed the "quick check medical requirement" for prospective ...

Vision Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Vision Super and its group insurer MLC Life have increased the cost of insurance premiums by 17.8%. The $10.3 billion industry fund said that MLC Life had determined the 17.8% increase was required to continue to cover the cost of providing insurance ...

CIP Asset Management enters retail market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
CIP Asset Management, formerly Challenger Investment Partners, has entered the retail fixed income funds management market. CIP has launched a retail version of the CIPAM Credit Income Fund - a floating rate, multi-sector credit strategy which invests ...

Cbus expands clean-energy holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Cbus has completed the acquisition of a renewable energy asset with the help of a consortium. The partnership with Capital Dynamics and other investors acquired a direct undisclosed interest in two solar photovoltaic (the process of converting light ...