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Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
Fund managers are being pushed into allocating more of their portfolios towards alternatives, as traditional investments continue to provide low returns, according to a new Morningstar report. The Multi Sector Wrap report examines 78 multisector funds ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... number of claims paid out are also factors, the fund said. From April 1, the cost of death and TPD for those members in the general occupation category will increase from $0.97 per unit of cover each week to $1.17. The cost of death only cover remains ...

FSC calls for CSLR claims cap

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... FSC argued that scheme caps, without any cross-subsidization, were required to limit this "moral hazard". "Applying a general socialised levy could create a moral hazard, would not achieve the government's or the Royal Commission's objectives ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... that the banks made the agreement together after a failed capital raise that led to an oversupply of ANZ shares. ACCC general manager Jane Lin testified that Herbert-Smith "attempted to characterise those facts in a different way which I knew was inconsistent ...

Industry butt heads over super guarantee

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Superannuation industry professionals are going head to head over Australia's super guarantee system, yet all agree it's time for an upheaval. In a submission to the Treasury's Retirement Income Review Panel, the Actuaries Institute called for universal ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... consumer confidence and spending. Perhaps, the RBA's three rate reductions last year have yet to filter through into the general economy.

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... been ongoing for about two or three years, he said. Members of each association voted in favour of the move at annual general meetings held in Melbourne last week. Macdonald said the merger will ensure one sound voice for AMP-aligned advisers in challenging ...

Former Securitor manager joins Paragem

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
HUB24's financial advice subsidiary Paragem has hired a former Securitor state manager in a general manager role. Paragem has appointed Craig Kouimanis as a general manager of practice development to help support advisers and their practices as the ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... research public, so that as we're campaigning for change in boardrooms, behind closed doors, we're also giving the general public important access to data and information and a chance to have their voices and experiences heard," Future Super ...

Yarra chief operating officer departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... retire from the Firm," the Yarra spokesperson said. Vito D'Introno, chief commercial officer at Yarra, and Garvin Louie, general counsel at Yarra, are taking on Davidson's role in an acting capacity. "Vito is a recent hire who brings more than 20 years' ...