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Acorns Australia restructures after $150m milestone

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... partnership with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a new Acorns-like app for superannuation contributions, giving Acorns the potential to address one of the biggest dilemmas for the superannuation sector: achieving ...

TAL enhances adviser learning hub

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... help advisers meet new legislative and educational requirements. TAL Risk Academy added 16 new courses covering superannuation and insurance advice, financial underwriting, understanding health conditions and business management, to bring the number ...

JANA wins $30bn public sector mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... achieved for clients," she said. Funds SA invests on behalf of the South Australian public sector that includes superannuation schemes (such as Super SA), insurers and endowment funds. Rainmaker Information's latest Mandate Chaser report shows that as ...

Super funds that embrace change will prevail: DST

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... DST said. "The growing number of retirees creates an increasing funding and social support issue for government. Superannuation funds themselves are feeling pressure as cash outflows continually rise." To address these issues, DST recommended a two-pronged ...

Institutions urged to overhaul outdated risk management practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... remuneration. And now after much political battle, there is to be a Royal Commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry." He said standards in some areas are actually higher than previous, but poor standards ...

2017 AGMs less tumultuous: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... - particularly board diversity. "Particular attention has been given to this issue by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), which recommended that its members vote against the election of certain directors in companies without female ...

IFM increases stake in Decimal

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... Australian-based global fund manager has increased its stake in robo-adviser Decimal, signalling renewed confidence that superannuation funds are embracing digital financial advice. IFM Investors bumped up its holdings in the ASX-listed firm via an ordinary ...

Group insurance dominates life insurance channels: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... The majority of people canvassed in Financial Standard's weekly poll reveal they have life insurance via their superannuation fund. About 60% of respondents said life insurance was available via their employer or super fund. Almost one-in-three (32%) ...

Sydney advice firm launches insurance joint venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... Insurance. The new insurance business will deliver personal risk protection strategies for individuals, self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) and business clients which enables individuals to protect their income, families and lifestyle. Kennedy, who ...

Derivatives costly and ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
The majority of superannuation pension products eschew derivative strategies due to high costs and lack of effectiveness, latest research shows. Only one-third (37%) of superannuation funds in Milliman's latest survey are using derivatives to protect ...