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Students opt for healthcare over finance: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
A survey by the CFA Institute shows that more university students and new graduates want to work in healthcare and science than in finance. Out of the 1000 respondents who took part in the global survey, more Australians see themselves working in healthcare ...

FSC to ban occupational exclusions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is introducing an enforceable standard that will prohibit the use of exclusions and restrictive disability definitions in default group life insurance for those who are in high-risk occupations. The standard will ...

Aussies stick with DIY advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
The majority of Australians continue to control their finances rather than seek the help of a professional adviser, new research suggests. The survey of 2005 respondents canvassed by the Financial Planning Association of Australia's annual Money & Life ...

ASIC bans adviser, cancels AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
The corporate regulator banned a Gold Coast-based financial adviser from providing financial services for four years and cancelled the associated AFSL for failure to comply with its general obligations. ASIC found that Frederick Steven Ackerman failed ...

IDII pitfalls advisers should avoid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Financial advisers must beware the pitfalls of problematic individual disability income insurance products and avoid circumstances that could land them in trouble with the financial complaints body. As part of a panel of experts at the Association of ...

Former Regal FM portfolio manager banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
A former Regal Funds Management portfolio manager has been banned for five years after he manipulated the share price of Clearview Wealth. Dylan Rands was a dealer and portfolio manager at Regal Funds Management when he entered into 112 uncommercial ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Employers and the government are failing parents, costing mothers $1.6 billion in superannuation, according to new research from Industry Super Australia. Many employers, even large companies, still fail to pay parents parental leave - forcing them ...

CFS reduces premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
Colonial First State is reducing insurance premiums in its super funds, in a move that should benefit 220,000 members. Members of FirstChoice Employer Super, Essential Super, FirstChoice Personal and FirstChoice Wholesale Personal super products will ...

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC was slammed for its lack of oversight over common ownership and concentration at a parliamentary committee this morning. The Standing Committee on Economics, which discussed the implications of capital concentration and common ...

Family law super reform passes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
The government has passed legislation intended to prevent individuals from hiding superannuation assets in family law proceedings. Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measure No. 6) Bill 2021 (Schedule 5) allows the ATO to share information when an individual ...