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Advisers, non-relevant providers will not compete: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI | WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022

... with non-relevant providers to provide advice as they're occupying different worlds and serving different needs, Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy says. Speaking to Financial Standard for an upcoming podcast, Levy touched on the QAR proposal ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022

A new paper from the Quality of Advice Review recommends life insurance commissions be retained, but additional disclosure rules be introduced to ensure clients consent to the payments. In August, the first proposals paper from the Quality of Advice ...

APRA reinforces capital call expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022

... exercising calls to maintain access to capital markets (or limit reputational damage) would undermine the permanence and quality of capital that the Prudential Standards seek to maintain," Lonsdale said. He concluded by adding that, where the ADI or ...

Hostplus hands Bell Asset Management $500m mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022

... mid-cap equity mandate. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said: "Bell's strong long-term performance record, the quality of the team and a disciplined investment approach were the key factors in our making them part of our growing and diversified ...

Vicinity Centres head announces retirement

CHLOE WALKER | MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022

... Of particular note, under Grant's leadership, Vicinity executed a major asset recycling program that transformed the quality of Vicinity's retail asset portfolio," Gerber said. Kelley successfully led Vicinity through the significant and unprecedented ...

Australia among top 10 financially inclusive markets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI | THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022

... financial system support pillar, Australia is third for borrowers' and lenders' protection rights, sixth for presence and quality of fintechs, seventh for access to bank accounts, and ninth for real-time transactions. Australia was ranked 14th for employer ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022

... grow the economy and expand productive capacity, and budget discipline that restrains spending growth and enhances the quality of spending. It added that the Budget will still be improved in a manner consistent with the objective of maintaining full ...

Advice fees jump 16% in FY22

CASSANDRA BALDINI | FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022

... for a client and the actual monetary benefit of each strategy for that client," he said. He further pointed to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) paper where Michelle Levy prioritised accessibility of advice by putting forward several proposals that ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER | THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022

... more than a million Australians have the life insurance cover they need. Research by NMG Consulting found that if the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) results in the implementation of a scaled advice model and other reforms to simplify advice, there will ...

Austbrokers Life, Australian Unity partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI | THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022

... on enhancing financial wellbeing. AUPFS will deliver strategic and other support to Austbrokers Life, enhancing the quality of advice to end users. Clients will also receive access to more solutions including financial advice, trustee services, banking ...

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Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO

Aware Super has announced a leadership reshuffle, appointing a new chief risk officer amid the departure of its long-serving group executive of legal.

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

IFM Investors has raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3% in an on-market stock purchase, just a day after it raised its offer price for the toll road operator to $5.10 per security.

Zenith bolsters research, investment capabilities with new hires

MATTHEW WAI

Zenith has announced two senior appointments to strengthen its research and portfolio management divisions.

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA

The ability to remain resilient and manage liquidity pressures amid severe, multi-dimensional stress scenarios is an area of focus that APRA and ASIC want superannuation funds to improve.

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