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OnePath updates trauma definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... updated more than 600 trauma definitions in a bid to be more customer-centric as part of its commitment to the Life Insurance Code of Practice. The review, which commenced in 2018, assessed more than 25,000 trauma policies to ensure the most up-to-date ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... because the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) hasn't approved courses. "The curriculum includes the code of ethics and code monitoring subject, no one can do that because they're not available yet," Anderson explained. ...

Cashwerkz, Praemium ink deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... need to register directly with Cashwerkz via a secure login, before they are identified and provided with a configuration code to link them to the Praemium virtual managed account platform and their client data.

TAL offers advisers ethics assistance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... insurer will offer a training course to help financial advisers apply the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's code of ethics. In an effort to help advisers apply the code, TAL is offering a course via its risk academy. Run by TAL national ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... the issued Shares of VGI Partners. It will list on the ASX with a market capitalisation of $369 million under the expected code of VGI. This means a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.6 (market capitalisation/pro forma CY18 NPAT). The offer is priced at $5.50 ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
New research released by CountPlus shows that Australia's advice and accounting sectors will rapidly converge in the post-Hayne world. The CountPlus whitepaper argues that a new space defined by professionalism and quality advice outcomes is rapidly ...

ACSI calls for ESG, stronger stewardship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... The council is also calling for a review of the regulatory framework for stewardship, which would consider a stewardship code that could apply to all institutional investors. This comes after ACSI developed the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code ...

APRA self-assesses shortcomings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... and super funds gave little consideration to insurance strategy until work commenced on the voluntary industry insurance code of practice. Board governance (SPS 510) frameworks and practices have materially improved over the period, but requirements ...

HESTA joins ESG social media fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
The $50 billion industry superannuation fund has joined a high profile group of international investors applying pressure to social media giants following the Christchurch terror attacks. HESTA announced it joined the campaign to force social media ...

Stewardship lessons from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... example, proactively setting out the standards expected of companies, WTW said. Australia's first compulsory stewardship code for fund managers was instituted by the Financial Services Council in July 2017.Australian Council of Superannuation Investors ...