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Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... Federal Budget, the Government said by 1 July 2019, group life insurance will move from a default framework to an opt-in extra for those with balances less than $6000, accounts that haven't received a contribution in 13 months, and for members under ...

ASIC unveils RG97 review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
ASIC has welcomed an independent report proposing 34 changes to fee transparency for superannuation funds and managed investments under Regulatory Guide 97. The report, prepared by managed investments and super regulation veteran Darren McShane, engaged ...

Custodian strengthens front-office with $3.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
A $46 trillion global custodian is set to acquire a front office solutions developer to strengthen its servicing platform for asset managers and asset owners. State Street has entered a definitive, all cash agreement to acquire Charles River Systems ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
The already limited availability of financial advice in regional and rural Australia is at risk of being further undermined as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. An analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows 4700 financial ...

Real estate investment veteran to depart

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
The head of strategic partnerships at a $60 billion real estate investment manager will retire at the end of the year, bringing a 40 year career at the firm to a close. Ian Mackie is set to retire from LaSalle Investment Management at the end of this ...

Chief economist update: Australian dollar loss is economy's gain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... find their wares more competitive in the world market (even with higher tariffs). Not only that, exporters would receive an extra boost from their US dollar - or euro or yen or pound or yuan) earnings when they're translated back into Australian ...

Financial services employees face ongoing stress at work

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
Latest research from SuperFriend shows about half of financial services employees face ongoing stress at work. According to the mental health organisation's annual Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey, 47% of financial services employees are ...

Advisers name top platform provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
Financial advisers rated Netwealth as the top administration platform in Adviser Ratings' annual satisfaction survey. More than 1100 advisers surveyed in the Financial Advice Landscape Report said Netwealth delivered the best investment functionality. ...

Dover advisers turn orphans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... they could no longer provide any new advice to clients. What followed was a warning from ASIC to other licensees of the extra due diligence that would be expected if they were to recruit former Dover advisers. According to Rainmaker's analysis, Capstone ...

Simple Fund 360 picks up AdviserLogic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
AdviserLogic clients are now available to use Simple Fund 360, after the software provider integrated with the BGL platform. The SMSF software provider added in a release that AdviserLogic used the free BGL application programming interface (API) to ...