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Spirit Super introduces insurance admin fee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... to our insurer. In fact, earlier this year we renegotiated your insurance with the insurer and reduced your premiums." In March 2023, Spirit Super negotiated with MetLife to drop some premiums by 25%. Fees for death and TPD went down by between 14.2% ...

Australian Retirement Trust hunts new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... of Sunsuper in October 2019 and, one month later, news broke of plans to merge Sunsuper with QSuper. It was confirmed in March 2021 that the merger would go ahead, at which time it was announced Reilly would serve as chief executive of the merged entity. ...

Integrity Life to cease writing new retail policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... Distribution Monitor which shows the contestable new business pool has shrunk from $532 million in December 2018 to $267 million in March 2023. Despite the challenges, Integrity Life said its in-force premiums have skyrocketed from $22.2 million in March ...

Saxo APAC asset management lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... SaxoWealthCare in Singapore and Hong Kong and oversaw the introduction of the SaxoSelect managed portfolios in Australia in March 2023. At the time Prasad told Financial Standard that the new products offered seven managed portfolios with actively managed ...

Barings expands APAC team

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... additional new hires covering the institutional, wealth and retail businesses in Australia, Greater China, and Southeast Asia. In March, Barings took on Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital Partners to expand the structured finance and real estate capabilities ...

ART, AvSuper closer to merging

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... MySuper option, well below the median performance of its peers. ART signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alcoa Super in March. It was one of many funds with less than $10 billion in AUM that was flagged by APRA to have sustainability issues in March ...

Legacy issues, business overhaul plague E&P results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... voluntary administrators to DASS in January 2022," E&P Financial said. "Mr Ryan was first appointed as a director of DASS in March 2021." E&P said it was unable to quantify the liability it would incur in defending the case against Ryan but that "amounts ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Woolworths, Endeavour merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
... pleased to have welcomed Oracle and The Lottery Corporation this year transferring another 2500 new members," he said. In March, ART confirmed to Financial Standard that it was in the final stages of executing an SFT with Oracle Superannuation Plan ...

Platform comparison fintech launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... firm. SuitabilityHub was born shortly after and in the following year linked with platform providers for beta testing. In March 2023, the software officially launched to platform providers. Financial advisers are currently testing the technology.

AMP settles class action for $110m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
... mislead ASIC about the nature and extent of the breaches. Subsequently, AMP's share price declined substantially. In March 2017, AMP shares reached as high as $5.47 and drastically unravelled during and post the Royal Commission, hitting $2.45 at ...