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MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... Henderson head of Australia Matt Gaden said Janus Henderson was committed to creating and developing innovative strategies to better service clients. " We see real opportunities to bring our best investment talent in both global and emerging market equities ...

Insignia Financial overhauls operating model, executive team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... changes address that feedback and will ultimately allow us to simplify and streamline our operating model to ensure we are better aligned to deliver to our customers, and all our stakeholders, now and into the future," Hartley said. "Under our new operating ...

UK government to establish national wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... further and faster if we are to fix the foundations of our economy to rebuild Britain and make every part of our country better off. "Britain is open for business - and the work of change has begun." The Labour Party has worked with a taskforce in developing ...

MetLife refreshes two products

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... (TPD). MetLife chief insurance officer Meray El-Khoury said key changes to income protection and lump sum cover that deliver better value are notable for not triggering a premium increase for existing policies. "We are always looking for ways to make ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... India and Indonesia, but it shows that investor sentiment toward Chinese equities remains somewhat fragile even after a better start to the year." Metcalfe said particular attention is being paid to the US markets as the election gets into full swing. ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... uplift in ASIC's performance. As such, it is difficult to accept ASIC's contention that some of its functions would not be better administered by other entities," the report read. "As this report notes, ASIC is a highly profitable operation for the government ...

Advisers encouraged to embrace AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
The Investment Trends Adviser Technology Needs Report found financial advisers are showing a strong demand for better technology integration as they look to consolidate their tech stacks. Interestingly, the survey found the adoption of artificial intelligence ...

First advice reform bill passes parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
The first tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) legislation passed both the upper and lower houses yesterday. Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill aims to reduce red tape for financial ...

IFS launches two courses with Kaplan

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... can be incorporated into our broader range of consultancy and service offerings to superannuation funds." The Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms propose creating a new class of financial advisers called "Qualified Advisers" (QAs) who ...

TelstraSuper produces 9.6% MySuper return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... different age groups in its lifecycle arrangement to ensure the capital of older members in more defensive options was better protected in the event of a market downturn, he added. Meantime, the MySuper Balanced option returned 8%, the MySuper Moderate ...