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Lumiant, Invest Blue build digital advice platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... Blue can deliver advice at scale. " He added with banks out of personal advice, Invest Blue wants to help "fill the void." "Not only in terms of making advice affordable and accessible to more Australians but in terms of employing and training the next ...

Ex-Vocus chair indicted for insider trading

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
Former Vocus chair Vaughan Bowen has been indicted on two counts of insider trading relating to the EQT Infrastructure IV Fund's proposal to acquire Vocus. ASIC alleged that Bowen traded over five million Vocus shares in June 2019 while in possession ...

AustralianSuper mistake spurs call for regulatory intervention

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... members who held multiple accounts with the fund. Last week, AustralianSuper, Australia's largest super fund, admitted to not following the rules concerning the management of multiple accounts per member. It self-reported this non-compliance to regulators ...

Super fund members eye change

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... importance for super funds to continuously reassess the role of technology right across the member engagement journey. It's not only crucial for vital information to be accessible, it is equally important (if not more) that such information can be ...

HCF Life under ASIC surveillance

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... contract could mislead the public and is unfair for a number of reasons. Firstly, it appears to deny coverage if a customer did not disclose a pre-existing condition and a medical practitioner forms an opinion that symptoms of the condition existed before ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... one in seven strategies meet their objectives. The Morningstar research found that most absolute-return bond managers will not always provide positive absolute returns when equity markets are underperforming. In theory, absolute-return bond strategies ...

AustralianSuper to refund 100k members

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... and combines multiple accounts held by a single member to help those members avoid extra fees" admitted it made a blunder in not identifying all instances of multiple member accounts. "This should not have happened, and we apologise unreservedly to members," ...

Sales-oriented fear stunts expansion goals: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... Financial Planning Association. This impediment affects advisers' comfort levels when it comes to sourcing new clients, which, if not developed over time, can be detrimental to business prospects, the Six keys to growth for today's adviser paper shows. ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... Northern Territory. In all, AFCA chief executive David Locke said fewer complaints were received than anticipated. "While not seeking to downplay what people went through - every complaint matters - we received far fewer COVID-related complaints than ...

GAM shareholders challenge acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... has also been flagged as disadvantageous to GAM shareholders. They would have until August 11 to accept the offer but may not receive Liontrust shares for some months after, during which time they wouldn't be able to offload their GAM shares, withdraw ...