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Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... exclusion', the Life Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) generally considers a blanket exclusion to be a broad, automatic application to all policyholders regardless of their individual circumstances. A recent review of insurers' practices by ...

ETF Shares flees Cboe for better 'connectivity'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
ETF Shares - launched last year on Cboe Australia with three distinct ETFs, all investing predominantly in the US - is transferring its ETFs to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). ETF Shares said the move will broaden accessibility across trading ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
MLC's super and retirement platform, MLC Expand, is rolling out a slew of artificial intelligence (AI) automation tools that it says could save advice practices hundreds of hours per month. Over the coming months, MLC Expand is launching automation ...

Australian Ethical aligns Christian Super members' cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... several changes to their insurance fees and cover come December 1, Australian Ethical announced. From 1 December 2025 automatic default death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover will move to a new age-based scale. In addition, default cover ...

Stockspot reduces fees to increase accessibility

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... personalised portfolio built from evidence-based ETFs, legal and beneficial ownership of their investments on individual HINs, automatic rebalancing to keep risk in check, and professional advice and tax reporting. "Over the last decade, we've proven ...

AMP, Perpetual, Ironbark shutter funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
AMP, Perpetual and Ironbark have all announced they will be shuttering funds as they lack viability. AMP said it made the decision to terminate the AMP Capital Equity Fund (AMP Equity Fund), effective August 29. "The fund's small and reducing size may ...

Equip Super rejigs insurance fees, policy terms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... protection cover by 2.8%. Toyota employer plan members will have their premiums reduce for TPD and income protection, while automatic acceptance limit (AAL) will increase for basic insurance cover. AAL for death and TPD cover will increase from $1 million ...

Hostplus unveils new Lifecycle option, changes fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Hostplus has renamed its Life investment option to Lifecycle and switched up the design of the option by reducing the life-stages from four to three. Under the new design, the three life-stages will be 'grow', 'maintain' and 'protect' ...

Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... potential practical consequences of this interpretation, including the fact that this would potentially lead to the automatic termination of impacted Ongoing Fee Arrangements where the account number was not available at the time of the client giving ...

Superannuation fraudster sentenced to prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Former property developer Michael Steele was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment after using money invested for a commercial and residential property development on the Gold Coast for his own and the benefit of family members. Steele was sentenced ...