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Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The federal government will fold the 2022 Life Insurance Framework Review into the Quality of Advice Review, taking over the responsibilities from ASIC. The Quality of Advice Review will consider the LIF Review as part of its wider mandate, Minister ...

FSC proposes new advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... cost of providing financial advice to make it simpler for consumers to understand and access without undermining the quality of advice or eroding important consumer protections. "The FSC is seeking industry and public feedback for our proposals in advance ...

New finance, operations GM at Australian Unity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... where she helped lead a business transformation after its IPO and execute a capital investment program to improve the quality of services. Prior to this, she worked at HLB Mann Judd, Charter Hall, ING Real Estate Investment Management and Greengate Group. ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... will add to the diversity and liquidity across our funds and lead to an uplift in expected total returns. The credit quality of this portfolio is sound and provides a great opportunity to expand our relationship with Australian corporate borrowers." ...

Rainmaker reveals 2021 AAA super products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... from 178 superannuation funds for its annual assessment. In analysing the offerings, the research house looks at the quality of a products investments, fees, insurance, communications and more. Funds are benchmarked against 3500 investment choices, 2000 ...

ASIC praises super trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... early. "We also found that intra-fund advice provided during this time was consistent with previous assessments of the quality of intra-fund advice provided by superannuation funds." ASIC said while most websites contained accurate information about ...

NZ overhauls regulation of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... greater confidence to seek advice that will help with their financial goals, providing them with greater trust in the quality of that advice." The reforms have been in the works for several years now, with legislation first introduced to Parliament in ...

APRA calls out poor group insurance practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... increased costs will not be commensurate with better quality cover. APRA went on to criticise trustees over the poor quality of insurance data that lacks granularity. To be able to design and price appropriate insurance arrangements depends on the accuracy ...

Childcare costs drag women's nest egg

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... of compound interest on their super balances throughout their younger years which can have a profound impact on the quality of their retirement." Nearly half (45%) of the survey respondents advocate for super to be paid on maternity leave. The latest ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... services because, growing up, finance was something unspoken and something that heavily impacted my family and our quality of living. From lived experiences I found a passion for breaking the generational barriers, which enabled me to be the impact in ...