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New Bill bolsters retirement income

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... purchase. As for the work bonus, the Bill proposes to increase the amount from $250 to $300 per fortnight and extend its application to "all income from gainful work that involves personal exertion." This means pensioners who aren't gainfully employed ...

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
Commonwealth Bank confirmed it is undertaking an investigation into a potential privacy breach that may have seen sensitive medical information of CommInsure claimants accessed by employees in other departments of the bank. As reported by the ABC earlier ...

APRA grilled over superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... it comes to this year and after round five [at the Commission] and you're looking at an actual outcome of the application of those processes and identifying that the outcome is deficient?" senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge asked of Byres. Hodge ...

HUB24 secures bespoke platform mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
HUB24 is delivering a custom platform solution to the national adviser network of a 115-year-old wealth management business. Patersons Securities selected HUB24's platform to white label and run alongside its existing in-house platform Accolade. Patersons ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... organisation such as ANZ is "grappling with prioritisation" on top of limited resources. "We have to decide what is the best application of those resources to achieve the best outcomes for the group. And so teams are always being asked to make difficult ...

Stop genetic testing questions: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Life insurers should be banned from asking consumers if they have undertaken a genetic test, Financial Standard 's latest readership survey reveals. The majority (62%) of readers said they "agree" or "strongly agree" that life insurers should stop asking ...

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... Advanced Analytics Institute has found meaningful correlation between medical history and demographics, and made the application process simpler. ANZ completed its proof of concept stage with tradies in mid-April, analysing the data of plumbers, carpenters ...

Asset manager shutters two funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
A $310 billion asset manager has closed two of its actively managed Australian equity funds. The Nikko AM Australian Share Value Fund and Nikko AM Australian Share Fund were terminated on 21 September 2018. Nikko Asset Management Australia said the ...

Life insurers fear genetic testing changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... anyone taking out life insurance, she added. Before July 2019, life insurers will have time to change online and paper application questions, underwriting manuals, algorithms and systems, and complete required staff training. "We fully believe that the ...

FPA and AFA aim to administer adviser standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers are putting cases forward to manage adviser compliance schemes resulting from the industry's new education and ethics standards. The FPA told its member base ...