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Group insurance cheaper by 25%: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... life insurance complaints. Between June and December 2023, some 247 individuals complained about group insurance-specific issues, comprising 37.4% of complaints for the period. Rainmaker found that APRA-regulated superannuation funds paid up to $8.8 ...

ASIC, APRA provide FAR update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... whistleblower policy and process. New information in the package also includes a joint ASIC and APRA letter summarising key issues raised during consultation and their response, including the concept and application of key functions. In addition, the ...

Adviser queries jump 40%: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... their clients navigate superannuation contributions, transfer balance caps, dealing with a death benefit and home ownership issues, according to the latest data from AMP Advice. TapIn, AMP Advice's technical service for its advice network, received over ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... regulation over the past almost two years to little more than a headline" and that the "simplification of these complex issues detracts from the practical improvements to ASIC's operation suggested by witnesses, and indeed by ASIC itself, throughout ...

Retirement Income Covenant still weak: APRA, ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... effectiveness of retirement-focused assistance to members was a priority. Many were struggling with privacy and security issues, and the cost of the endeavour when it comes to collecting more member data. Trustees also cite members' lack of engagement ...

Qualitas secures additional $300m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... options to ADIA under which it may acquire up to 32.66 million new ordinary shares in Qualitas, representing up to 9.86% of issues equity on a fully diluted basis, if ADIA committed incremental investment mandates totalling up to $1.7 billion. After ...

Where does the world's largest active manager say to invest?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... pipeline. The report said shifting trade winds are also bringing opportunities to new markets. "Rising geopolitical logistical issues during the COVID pandemic forced many companies to adopt a 'China Plus One' strategy, diversifying their supply chains ...

Inflation weighing on next generation of retirees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... modern times," she said. "Concerns about inflation, mounting public debt, global geopolitical uncertainty, and domestic issues like the housing and cost-of-living crises have made retirement a daunting prospect for most Australians in this cohort. At ...

RBA issues warning over inflationary spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate on hold at 4.35% in June but would not rule out another hike in the future. The RBA board noted that inflation had fallen substantially since its peak in 2022 but said recent federal and ...

First Bitcoin ETF to launch this week on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... feeder fund, providing investors with exposure to Bitcoin by investing in the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) - a US ETF that issues common shares of beneficial interest that are listed on Cboe. However, Monochrome Asset Management chief executive Jeff Yew ...