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Brighter Super makes changes to insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
Brighter Super is increasing some of its insurance premiums and changing the way they are charged at the same time. From September 30, the cost of death and total and permanent disability cover through Brighter Super will go up across all occupational ...

Aware Super deepens TAL relationship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
Aware Super has expanded its mandate with TAL, with the insurer to now provide cover to VicSuper members as well. To date, VicSuper members' group insurance has been provided by MetLife and Aware Super's by TAL. However, members have been informed that ...

Property fund hires from AXA IM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
Retail property solutions provider United Property Service (UPS) has appointed Lisa Wood as its first asset management director. Bringing over 20 years' experience in specialist property management both in Australia and overseas, Wood joins the UPS ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
Five AMP companies will pay $14.5 million for charging close to 1500 superannuation members fees for no service over the course of about three years. The Federal Court handed the fine to AMP Superannuation, AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial ...

HNWs shunning professional advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
When it comes to financial planning, a growing number of high-net-worth (HNW) individuals are opting to DIY, according to new research collated by Investment Trends and sponsored by Praemium. The research, which involved polling 7500 investors, found ...

Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
Institutional investors, such as super funds, are more likely to recall loaned shares to exercise voting rights in line with proxy voting policies, research has found. In the decade since the introduction of the "two-strikes rule" in 2011, more institutional ...

Former financial adviser pleads guilty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
Former financial adviser John Wertheimer pleaded guilty to charges surrounding unauthorised client transactions in Perth Magistrates Court. Wertheimer pleaded guilty to one charge of providing a financial service on behalf of a person who carries on ...

AMP's Edwina Maloney joins ASFA board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
Edwina Maloney has joined the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. Maloney will represent the retail fund sector, filling a casual vacancy created by the departure of BT's Melinda Howes earlier this year. ASFA said Maloney ...

Consultation opens on crypto regulation bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has released a draft bill for consultation that introduces licences for digital asset exchanges, custody services, stablecoin issuers, and instigates disclosure requirements for Chinese state-owned banks that facilitate ...

American Century appoints local distribution heads

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
The global asset manager has made several senior hires in the local market, including leads for institutional and wholesale distribution. Alastair McKibbin will take on the newly created role of head of Australian wholesale business. Having worked for ...