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Statewide Super cans merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Statewide Super has dumped plans to merge with Tasplan and WA Super, saying it will now pursue other opportunities. As exclusively revealed by Financial Standard in March, the $9.8 billion superannuation fund had signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The corporate regulator's wealth management investigations increased 129% in the year to March 2019, ASIC commissioner John Price said yesterday. In opening comments to a keynote panel discussion at the Governance and Risk Management Forum in Melbourne ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The two key financial advice associations have met with the government's new superannuation and financial services lead for the first time. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers together met with newly ...

Dealer group buys bank advice arm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
An ASX-listed advice group has paid $3.5 million to acquire the financial planning business of an Australian bank. MyState today announced it has entered into a sale agreement with Fiducian for the acquisition of the bank's retail financial planning ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
The key financial advice associations have teamed up for a life insurance taskforce as the industry inches towards ASIC's review of the life insurance framework slated for 2021. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association ...

Law Council chides ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
The Law Council of Australia has scolded ASIC, after deputy chair Daniel Crennan warned the financial services industry not to waste the regulator's time. The Law Council of Australia has openly grilled the corporate regulator's approach, after ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
"Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore." The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to cut the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 1.25% takes the country's monetary policy into uncharted waters. More uncharted it would be if JP ...

Zurich launches new client portal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
Zurich has launched a new on demand, self-serve portal for life insurance, superannuation and investment clients. The My Zurich portal will offer a new level of engagement for clients, which Zurich said will drive greater adviser efficiency and streamline ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
A new report from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) reveals just 11 of the 50 largest superannuation funds disclose complete proxy voting records. ACCR reviewed the disclosures of Australia's super funds' proxy voting ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
Six years after the first lifecycle MySuper products hit the shelves, industry superannuation funds have trailed behind the retail sector in terms of adoption. Only five industry funds ditched their single strategy MySuper product for a lifecycle option ...