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Fintech acquires licensee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
A fintech provider has acquired a financial services licensee, for an undisclosed sum. PictureWealth acquired NEO Financial Solutions, the licensee will now become a wholly owned subsidiary of PictureWealth. As at March 31, NEO was home to 83 financial ...

Super fund members compensated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... evidence of informed instructions to switch the clients out of MySuper." These breaches formed part of a Royal Commission case study, where Commissioner Hayne did not find any licensee breach on the evidence before Commission, Aon Australia said. The ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New research has revealed the extent of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation's retirees, with many now fearful for the future. In a survey of 1007 current and prospective retirees nationwide, Allianz Retire+ found that four ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... to return to work, according to new analysis. The latest edition of KPMG and the Financial Services Council's five year study on life insurance claims shows Australian life insurance companies are paying out record amounts in disability claims. Accidents ...

Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... outperformed companies with low ESG ratings and wanted to understand why. "The key question that we are addressing in the new study is what has been driving these results? Was it the E, the S, or the G?" Giese said. Governance was found to have the strongest ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... were experiencing a huge increase in workload dealing with client enquiries during the current market turmoil, which made study and exam sitting particularly difficult the constant threats to the extension being achieved this year added significant pressure." ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... near-complete pass-through to wages, with a 2.5% drop a direct result of the SG's legislated 2.5% increase to 12%. However his study, which analysed almost three decades of wage data from all public and private federal enterprise bargaining agreements ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Fox. "Any threat to the extension being achieved this year makes the timeline now available to stockbrokers to book a test, study a for a test and find a place in limited FASEA exam sittings extremely challenging." Senator Catryna Bilyk also slammed ...

US GDP to contract 6.5%: Fed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The US Federal Reserve has projected rates will remain near zero through 2022 and GDP will contract 6.5% as a result of COVID-19. The Fed also pledged to maintain at least the current pace of asset purchases, which is around US$80 billion per month. ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... than 70 Australian senior risk executives from the major banks, insurers and wealth managers participated in the global study from Accenture, which found that only 8% of those surveyed believe they are fully capable of assessing the risks of adopting ...