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AIA income protection premiums jump

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... for MLC to address these challenges, the first move Nippon Life made was to amend its income protection policies. KPMG research from November 2019 found that profitability in life risk insurance in Australia had dropped to the extent the industry is ...

Pengana makes executive hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
Pengana Capital Group has appointed a former Allan Gray relationship manager in a newly created role which will see her lead the investment firm's international equities division down under. Joy Yacoub has nabbed the role as an executive director and ...

Short seller bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... agricultural fund of running "scams" was dealt a blow in a Supreme Court judgment handed down yesterday. Texas-based Bonitas Research previously alleged Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF) was overstating its net assets and fudging profits with dubious valuations ...

Industry butt heads over super guarantee

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... lengthened lifespans as key factors for insufficient retirement savings. The Institute has called for "deeper longitudinal research" to assist the government and private sector in understanding whether Australians have sufficient funds to drawdown on ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... that the only way an adviser can comply with the standards effectively and efficiently is to access quality investment research and technology tools that enable them to provide detailed product comparisons across all asset classes, including superannuation ...

Problems persist with PYSP communication: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... members are not exposed to unbalanced messages in any communication they receive." Jason Ross, head of superannuation research at Rainmaker, said that while the review is quite positive there were some concerning factors. "Overall the review was relatively ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... beginning." Although the super fund has previously reported on gender equality among the ASX 100, it decided to publish the research to educate the public. "This year, we're making our research public, so that as we're campaigning for change ...

Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
New Rainmaker research reveals the financial advice industry in Australia is in a state of compression - as advisers leave in significant numbers and licensees are squeezed. The number of registered financial advisers decreased 15% last calendar year ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... Switzerland, the UK and the US. The P7 accounts for 92% of the US$46.7 trillion in assets in the 22 largest pension markets. The research shows a shift to alternative assets continuing globally, marking two decades of considerable change in pension fund ...

Australia's fastest growing investment managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... the list of the 50 fastest-growing investment managers that raise assets from Aussie investors, according to Rainmaker Research. William Blair, whose Sydney office is led by Alexander Rolfe, swelled its FUM from just $7 million five years ago to $270 ...