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Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
With the death toll surpassing 132 and a further 6000 people suspected of being infected, the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus has left markets tumbling as fears of an epidemic are stoked by news of the virus spreading around the world. It's caused ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus has gone viral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... synchronised global slowdown. Well, if the latest coronavirus scare is any indication, the world will slow for sure. "China virus death toll now at 81, more than 2700 cases confirmed" - this was Al Jazeera 's headline 11 hours ago. The virus has ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
"I've got chills, They're multiplying..." Wall Street is down... with the coronavirus flu! The Dow declined by 0.5%, the S&P 500 by 0.3%, the Nasdaq by 0.02%, and the Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... (TER 1.63%). As for insurance, Rainmaker analysis found a 40-year-old male would be paying $900.55 annually for a standard Death & TPD cover of $310,000. For the same cover a female would be paying premiums of $734.39 annually. This means that for every ...

What people really think about life commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... insurance company would actually pay out. But, ASIC data shows on life policies bought through financial advisers 96% of death claims are paid out, 95% of income protection claims and 87% of total and permanent disability claims.

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... (CSS), Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme, and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB). It is also responsible for pension payments out of two DB schemes that are now closed to new members. ...

Industry fund ups fees ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... MTAA Super wrote to members in a significant event notice to let them know that from 3 February 2020 insurance fees for death and total and permanent disablement will increase. MetLife is the group insurer for MTAA; it is also the group insurer for Tasplan ...

MLC Life loses super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... designed with pilots, cabin crew, and ground operations staff in mind." OnePath will provide default superannuation cover (death, total and permanent disability and income protection) and voluntary cover. Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy said ...

Sam Henderson attempts to set record straight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
Former financial adviser and TV show host Sam Henderson has spoken out for the first time since his Royal Commission appearance and subsequent ASIC ban, taking to the XY Adviser podcast to describe the impact events of the last 18 months have had on ...

APRA slaps extra conditions on Avanteos

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... comprehensibly address the issues that led Aventeos to continue deducting ASFs after being notified of the member's death. "AIL apologises unreservedly to the families of deceased members," CBA said. "AIL is committed to acting in the best interests ...