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MetLife refreshes two products

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
MetLife introduced several changes to two products that are available through financial advisers. The changes that took effect on June 30 impact policyholders in MetLife Protect and MetLife Protect Super. MetLife Protect insures against death, trauma ...

New lending for property investors up 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
New housing lending unexpectedly fell in May, declining by 1.7% for the month. Lending to owner-occupiers and to investors both fell in the month but remain well above levels seen this time last year. In fact, new lending to investors has been very ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
The Senate committee tasked with assessing the capabilities of ASIC says the government should recognise the regulator has "comprehensively failed to fulfil its regulatory remit", calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's ...

Iress hack investigation finds 20 OneVue files breached

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
An internal investigation into the recent breach of Iress' GitHub user space found no evidence any of its client data was compromised, however 20 OneVue employees and clients weren't so lucky. On May 11, Iress' private user space on third-party ...

ETF price war heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Leading exchange-traded product (ETP) investment managers - Vanguard, Betashares, BlackRock, and VanEck - which command about 70% of the Australian market, reduced their asset-weighted fees by 8% in the 12 months to March, according to Rainmaker Information. ...

Dexus sells three assets for $383.2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Dexus has announced that it has unconditionally exchanged contracts to sell three assets for a combined $383.2 million. The assets include a 50% interest Dexus held in 5 Martin Place, Sydney for $296.2 million, in which its 25% share was $148.1 million ...

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
The financial advice profession "lacks consistent protocols" for handling suspected financial abuse and there are insufficient whistleblower protections, according to the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). In its submission to the Parliamentary ...

Ascot Securities hit with infringement notice for 'serious failures'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Ascot Securities was issued an infringement notice by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) in November last year for serious failures, resulting in a $3.1 million penalty and a requirement to enter an enforceable undertaking. However, Ascot chose not ...

Dexus sees $1.3bn wiped from portfolio value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
An external revaluation of the bulk of its assets estimates Dexus' book value has dropped some 9% in the last six months. In an update to investors, Dexus said recent draft external independent valuations have resulted in a total estimated drop of about ...

Average super balances fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
Taxation statistics for the 2021-22 financial year revealed the average superannuation balance fell from $170,000 in 2020-21 to $164,000. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released its annual taxation statistics report, showing the total tax revenue ...