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SMSFA reappoints Hay-Bartlem as chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... and integrity of the sector, while staying actively involved in discussions with government, stakeholders, regulators and policy makers," he said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2024 SMSF Association National Conference.

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... legislative framework. The Life Insurance Regulations 2024 establishes a threshold for annuities, dictating that the term of a policy must exceed 10 years to qualify as a life policy. The Regulations also streamline the process for foreign life insurance ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... positions. The recruit recently returned to Adelaide after spending the second half of 2023 studying a Master of Science (Public Policy and Management) in the US. Before the study break, she worked at Duxton Capital in the ESG team, where she led the ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... didn't make any contribution to their Rest account for 13 continuous months or more, the default income protection insurance policy didn't provide the member with any coverage and when members held multiple income protection insurance policies ...

UK, Japan slip into technical recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... weak domestic demand. Economists have strained to explain this phenomenon, and Japan has been a pioneer in developing new policy tools that have since been implemented around the world," the IMF said. "We now think this period is coming to an end. The ...

AIA adds to C-suite lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
Susan Turner will become the new chief financial officer of life insurer AIA, while Anna Livingston has been named chief people and culture officer. Turner boasts over 20 years of experience in senior finance leadership roles, most recently serving ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... revenue, down 4% on the prior corresponding period. Sales for lifetime annuity, which includes Aware Super's annuity policy valued at $619 million, and Index Plus products hit $1.1 billion, up 190% year on year. During the period, Challenger also ...

SMC finds $38k nest egg boost for working mums

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... Council is calling on the federal government to boost the retirement savings of working mothers by $38,000 via two critical policy changes. In the first instance, the SMC calculates that working mums can be $12,500 to $14,500 better off at retirement ...

ASIC chases 757 adviser registrations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... committed an offence of strict liability and contravened a civil penalty provision. Phil Anderson, the general manager policy of advocacy and standards at the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), told a recent Financial Standard podcast that ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... are high, having benefited from elevated commodity prices as a commodities exporter, relatively less restrictive monetary policy and supportive fiscal policy. Wang expects to see Australian consumer sentiment moderately improve in the coming months ...