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COVID-19 sparks renewed fight for commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... of the changes for advisers and the challenging environment that everyone is facing." Meanwhile, Colonial First State general manager, advice relationships Bryce Quirk wrote to advisers on 3 March 2020 to let them know grandfathered commissions would ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... needing a bit of help in order to help people with tough financial situations right now. Association of Financial Advisers general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson agrees, saying the AFA is on the case. The AFA already put one "set ...

How PYS changes caused 34% premium hikes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... premiums to rise across the market, including funds under Equity Trustees' trusteeship," said Equity Trustees executive general manager, superannuation trustee office Mark Blair. "While the premium rate change was deemed appropriate in the current environment ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... harder, which will flow directly into rental income as well as ancillary income such as car parking and advertising fees" General insurance, however, would be somewhat defensive during the crisis, he argued. "With COVID-19 being declared a biosecurity ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
The Australian Council of Trade Unions believes the government's JobKeeper program is still flawed, though is glad the calls of Australian workers have been heard. ACTU secretary Sally McManus has called for the government to revise its $130 billion ...

FEW launches Livestream series

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
In response to COVID-19, Financial Executive Women has launched an industry-first Livestream event series for its members. FEW Connect, which will showcase industry leaders and experts four days a week, is open to all members and staff of FEW's ...

Rent relief welcome news for SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... concerned clients who have an SMSF which owns a business premise that is being leased to a related party," said SuperConcepts general manager of technical education services Peter Burgess. "The impacts of COVID-19 have hit small business particularly ...

Trust in advisers lifts as pandemic fear ensues

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... according to research coming out of MLC Wealth. It's a key finding of a survey of over 1600 MLC clients and members of the general public. The survey found investors and clients of the wealth management business were most concerned about the economic ...

Challenger general manager jumps to boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
It's reunion time at Yarra Capital Management, as Challenger's general manager of national accounts, research and platforms joins the team to work with an old colleague. Yarra Capital Management has hired Rommel Hacopian as a distribution manager ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... reading (49.2) in more than a decade and services plunged to a new series low reading of 39.1. The natural offshoot from a general slowdown in economic activity is, of course, unemployment. Latest available data show that unemployment insurance claims ...