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Nuveen raises over $400m for real estate debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... first commingled Australian commercial real estate debt strategy with investments of over $400 million from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and Temasek. The strategy, leveraging Nuveen Real Estate's global debt platform ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... next tranche will create a new class of adviser "to provide safe and simple advice to Australia, such as choosing an insurance policy or basic questions about retirement." This new class of adviser will only be able to provide advice on products issued ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... firms that are required to report under the IDR, ASIC said there were over 4.7 million complaints reported. General insurance products were subject to the most complaints (33% of all complaints), followed by credit products (22%) and deposit-taking products ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... these families are using them, then why shouldn't everyday families use BFAs?" "[Financial advisers] talk about insurance with their clients. This should be another form of insurance," she said. One of the biggest problems around BFAs is the myths ...

WA super law reforms boost GESB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... regulations were amended to enable its adoption of the Protecting Your Super reforms as well, allowing the fund to cancel insurance in inactive accounts and transfer them to the ATO. "GESB has a long history of managing the super and retirement savings ...

Firms treat CSLR as 'insurance policy': FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... financial services firms are taking advantage of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), treating it as an 'insurance policy'. Several CSLR issues were brought to light at the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress last ...

Swan hits back at Bragg: 'That's wrong of you'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... obligations. "We are not the only fund that has a challenge with a third-party provider and has delays in the processing of insurance claims," Swan said. "So, this is also an issue elsewhere in the industry, but in saying that we accept complete accountability ...

Regulators warn of possible issues with FAR reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... before it takes effect next year. The FAR commenced for the banking industry on 15 March 2024 and takes effect for the insurance and superannuation industries on 15 March 2025. It imposes a strengthened responsibility and accountability framework on ...

Swan tells Bragg he won't front parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... was already said when Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok fronted the committee. "I understand that Cbus' management of insurance claims is an area of particular interest for the Committee," Swan said. "Our chief executive, Kristian Fok appreciated the ...

ASIC issues new guidance on DBFO reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... advice to rely on website disclosure information in place of providing an FSG. INFO 292 FAQs: Informed consents for insurance commissions answers questions about the obligation to obtain informed consent before receiving certain insurance commissions ...