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Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... strategies where necessary as the 1 July 2017 start date for most of the superannuation changes looms," Slattery said. "Improvements such as allowing recipients of reversionary pensions 12 months rather than the originally proposed six months to adjust ...

ANZ improves OneCare for advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... OneCare as part of the bank's "strengthened commitment" to financial advisers. OneCare will offer adviser and client improvements through three key updates including greater funding flexibility, improved client experience and underwriting streamlining ...

New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... and monitoring to enhance consumer protections. The Code is expected to be finalised prior to the end of 2017, with improvements to industry practice to be progressively delivered throughout 2017. The group will build on the Group Insurance Statement ...

CBA responds to systemic advice failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... the future. In a statement CBA said: "As part of CFPL's long-term business transformation, we have made significant improvements, including to our systems, processes, supervision and training. "In addition, following the Future of Financial Advice reforms ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... rally in commodity prices (+0.51ppts); a modest recovery in US industrial production (+0.40ppts) and globally-driven improvements in financial conditions reflected in the sharemarket (+0.20ppts) and the yield spread (+10ppts) components". In addition ...

Institutions grappling with risk culture

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... paper released yesterday, APRA said the inability of institutions to communicate their risk management processes and improvements showed it was critical for the conversation on risk culture to continue. APRA highlighted that sound risk culture could ...

Fix super for indigenous Australians: KPMG

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... Australians. The report also questioned the appropriateness of providing insurance inside superannuation, adding that improvements should also be made to cultural awareness for dealing with indigenous Australian members making insurance claims. "We believe ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... index rose to +8 in September versus +7 in the previous month and a long-term average of +5. Among the sub-indices, improvements were recorded in: trading conditions (+17 from +13); profitability (+7 from +4); forward orders (+8 from +2); stocks (+2 ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... the assertion of systemic problems in getting the right outcome for our customers. What we have found so far are improvements that we can make in our processes and we welcome these opportunities to improve." In spite of this, the release of findings ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... currency area in the third quarter of this year. This was the highest reading in three months that was driven by improvements in output, new orders, new export business and employment. Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Spain recorded the fastest ...