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Practice profitability at risk: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... annual premium of $2,125 to earn $425, which only covers at most one hour of a client review or change time," the research states. "Grandfathered commissions from pre-2018 policies are much lower than 20% and lie mainly in a range of 5% to 10%, so would ...

Planners can prevent financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... regulators around the world are waking up to the issue of financial abuse of the vulnerable, with new legislation in the United States and the Australian Banking Association calling for a national protective strategy. "The focus should be on client safety ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... measures to help the economy deal with climate change and remove red tape." "The 13 represent ten universities in five states. Among them are macroeconomists, economic modellers, former Treasury, IMF, OECD and Reserve Bank officials and a former government ...

APRA floats insurance in super change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... a view to ensuring appropriate consideration of the outcomes provided for members under those arrangements," the letter states. "They also address concerns highlighted by cases considered by the Royal Commission where members were adversely impacted ...

AIST finds issues with FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... take into account a client's broader and long-term future circumstances." She expressed concern that Standard 2, which states that advisers must act in a client's best interests and take into account the client's broader, long-term interests would significantly ...

Cbus, UniSuper back new housing bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... UniSuper have invested in a new $315 million bond issue, which the government will use to finance affordable housing in five states. Cbus took up $30 million of the National Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC)'s second bond issue of $315 million. ...

New advice groups detrimental to consumers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... super would have to become more straightforward to emulate the success stories of Betterment and Wealth Front in the United States. Bloch said digital advice in the US took off after startups tapped into a "middle market" of people who distrusted financial ...

Defined contribution: A global perspective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... led Financial Services Council New Zealand chief executive Richard Klipin and president and chief executive of the United States' Employee Benefit Research Institute Lori Lucas in a discussion about the similarities and key differences in the defined ...

Cbus enters corporate super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... apply for death and TPD but not IP insurance, and any cover received is fixed and reduces by 20% year on year. The PDS states that those in the Corporate Super offering will pay 0.65% a year in investment fees, $1.50 a week for administration and an ...

What finance professionals are really paid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... services is one of the most sought after industries for digital, technology and legal professionals to work in, the report states.