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CBA increases Countplus indemnity to $520m

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has increased the limit of indemnity provided to Countplus, from $300 million to $520 million. CBA said the purpose of the increased limit was to cover certain remediation activities that were identified at the time ...

OnePath Life sued over utmost good faith duties breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
OnePath Life will face ASIC in Federal Court over failures while handling a mental health claim. In 2016 a customer took out an income protection policy with OnePath Life through an ANZ financial adviser based in Grafton, New South Wales. OnePath Life ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Most economists have flagged that the cash rate will rise again today, despite inflation having eased. A Finder survey said 88% of experts believe the cash rate will grow to 3.1% in December, which would be an eighth consecutive rate rise. Finder head ...

Magellan FUM back at $50bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Magellan Financial Group saw another drop in funds under management in November. This, after October saw its first increase in months. Magellan has reported that as of November 30 its FUM sat at $50.2 billion down from $51.0 last month. The drop was ...

Super funds complete mergers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
The merger of HESTA and Mercy Super has been finalised, as has that of UniSuper and Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund. About 13,000 Mercy Super members and their assets have moved to HESTA, bringing its total funds under management ...

Australian Ethical lowers fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
Australian Ethical has reduced the dollar-based administration fee for all its super, transition to retirement and pension accounts, as well as the management fee on some of its funds. Regarding super fees, Australian Ethical dropped its conservative ...

Blackstone restricts withdrawals on US$125bn property fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
Blackstone is limiting withdrawals from its US$125 billion real estate income trust (REIT) after a sharp rise in redemption requests. The global investor said the REIT received repurchase requests exceeding both the 2% of net asset value (NAV) monthly ...

2023 adviser exam dates released

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
ASIC has announced the sitting dates for the 2023 financial adviser exams, the first of which will be held on February 16. Advisers should note that all enrolments for the February Cycle 20 sitting will be open from January 10 and close on January 30. ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super merger finalised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
The successor fund transfer was completed on November 25, adding 28,000 new members to Australian Ethical Super. It comes mere months after the merger was confirmed in July, with Australian Ethical and Christian Super first flagging their discussions ...

AFCA secures $900m in compensation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
Australians have taken home almost $900 million in compensation and refunds since the ombudsman service opened its doors in November 2018. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) said it's also handled more than 300,000 disputes, an ...