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Former Hillross adviser pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Wael Kourieh, who was an authorised representative of Hillross between 2010 and 2016, has plead guilty to false document charges following an ASIC investigation. Kourieh pleaded guilty to one count of making false documents and one count of using false ...

Active Super returns 23%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Active Super returned 23% in FY21, but its chief investment officer Craig Turnbull says the fund is watching for signs of inflation. The fund, which was previously named Local Government Super, posted its best yearly returns in its 24 year-long history ...

Be ready for negative rates: APRA to ADIs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia being confident it's unlikely interest rates will enter negative territory, APRA is consulting on ADI's preparedness for such an event. Saying the regulator's standpoint does not preclude the possibility of zero ...

OnePath to remediate over pressure selling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
OnePath Life is repaying customers to the tune of $35 million due to poor telephone sales practices. Following an ASIC intervention and action, OnePath was found to have sold life insurance over the phone between 2010 and 2016 using pressure selling ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
At its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the ...

New chair for AIA Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
AIA Australia has a new chair, separating its board from the board of AIA New Zealand. Theresa Gattung had been chair for 12 years, now she will serve as chair of the AIA New Zealand board only. Peter Yates, previous chair of CommInsure which AIA acquired ...

KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Norway's largest pension fund KLP has offloaded 16 companies that operate in banking, construction, infrastructure and telecommunications in Israel connected to occupying Palestinian territory. The pension fund announced on June 5 that following failed ...

Crestone expands Brisbane presence

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Crestone Wealth Management has hired its sixth investment adviser in the past year in a bid to expand its footprint in Brisbane. John Paul Geribello is the latest to join as an investment adviser this month, taking total staff numbers in Brisbane to ...

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
BT Super for Life will increase the cost of its standard life insurance cover by 13.1% from August 1. The standard cover includes death and TPD. As an example, a 34-year-old male member of BT Super for Life previously paid $11.41 each month for one ...

Westpac sells NZ life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
Westpac announced the sale of its New Zealand life insurance arm, finding a buyer in Fidelity Life Assurance, which is backed by NZ Super Fund. The institution is selling the life insurance division for NZ$400 million ($373 million) in addition to a ...