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Wealth management ecosystem at critical inflection point: Citi

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
The wealth management sector is at a critical juncture, confronting declining fees and escalating compliance costs, according to Citigroup research. Accordingly, the Citi Disruption and Transformation in Wealth report suggested a need for wealth managers ...

Westpac closes Specialist Businesses Division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
Westpac has decided to fold the Specialist Businesses Division that once housed its platforms, superannuation and insurance businesses, redeploying its lead Jason Yetton. The bank has restructured in support of its next strategic phase, chief executive ...

AMP's largest super option yields 9.1% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
AMP has delivered a return of 9.1% for members of its biggest superannuation product. The AMP MySuper 1970s investment option returned 9.1% for the financial year ending 30 June 2023. The lifecycle superannuation option, which uses a balanced growth ...

Equip Super sets sights on being different

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
The $30 billion superannuation fund is firmly in its growth era, consolidating its multiple brands and products and unveiling a new look that it hopes will help achieve its ambitious plan of being "a different type of fund." Two years on from its official ...

ASIC slaps interim stop order on ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
ClearView has copped an interim stop order on two of its life insurance products after ASIC found deficiencies in its Target Market Determination (TMD). The interim stop order applies to Clearview Life's ClearChoice Income Protection Cover and Accidental ...

Advisers' experience stands at 14.5 years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
Financial advisers have 14.5 years of professional advice experience on a median basis, but very few have more than 20, a Rainmaker analysis shows. Rainmaker's June 2023 Financial adviser report based on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register found that ...

Further tightening of monetary policy may be required: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said the decision to maintain the cash rate at 4.1% was finely balanced with a consideration to hike another 25 basis points. In the July 4 minutes, released this morning, the RBA explained inflation in Australia ...

Hostplus tops up mandate, returns 8% to members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
Hostplus invested an additional $100 million in venture capital projects, while also confirming it returned 8% to members in its MySuper Balanced option. The fund invested a further $100 million with IP Group Australia, via its joint fund. To date ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
A joint regulatory review finds that superannuation funds are shrugging off the urgency to offer robust retirement income strategies and are failing to integrate this mandate into their business plans. One year since the Retirement Income Covenant took ...

Super framework ideal for advice: Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
The superannuation industry can expect to offer holistic advice as assistant treasurer Stephen Jones reasons that its highly regulated framework will place trustees in good stead to make advice more accessible. At a Financial Services Council breakfast ...