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AMP advice lead rejects AMPFPA claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The head of AMP's advice business has rebuffed claims the group failed to meet its legal obligations to advisers in announcing changes to its Buyer of Last Resort terms, saying the AMP Financial Planning Association was informed ahead of time and ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The United States will be in recession a year or so from now. There I called it! But at the same time, I'm hoping that I'm wrong. US recession fears - resulting from the negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has again criticised what he called a "culture war" in the superannuation sector, saying the industry should refocus its energy on members. In his speech at the Rice Warner Symposium on Monday, Bragg condemned the lack of ...

ASIC bans adviser again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A financial adviser previously banned by ASIC has found himself in hot water again. Tarandeep Aujla has been banned from providing financial services for three years by the corporate regulator for failing to act in the best interests of his clients. ...

OnePath enhances OneView Life

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
OnePath has moved to enhance the abilities of financial advisers using its OneView Life client management portal. Advisers using OneView Life can now quote increases to their client's existing OneCare cover online, streamlining the service to ensure ...

State Street ETF in franking credit kerfuffle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
Investors and financial advisers were left confused when the almost $4 billion SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund (ASX: STW) failed to pay out any franking credits with June's year-end distribution for the first time in its 18-year-long history. State Street paid ...

NEOS Life partners with insurance tech firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
NEOS Life has partnered with a global software firm to support its underwriting, sales and administration functions. NASDAQ-listed Ebix has deployed several functionalities for the start-up in just nine months. This includes implementing an adviser ...

Praemium FUA skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Praemium saw funds under administration hit $16.1 billion over the last financial year, thanks largely to its off-platform managed accounts service. The ASX-listed platform's FUA shot up 108% in FY19 as a result of launching the Virtual Managed ...

Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Challenger subsidiary Fidante has lost $3.9 billion in funds under management at the expense of superannuation funds increasingly internalising their investment strategies. In releasing its June financial year results this morning, Challenger flagged ...

CFS trims corporate super distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Colonial First State (CFS) has handed redundancies to about seven distribution staff working on its corporate superannuation offering as inflows into FirstChoice Employer stall. The departures - all business development managers - come as FirstChoice ...