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Super fund increases premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A $1.5 billion superannuation fund will increase life insurance premiums as a result of the Protecting Your Super Package reforms. New and existing REI Super members will pay more for death and TPD cover from 1 July 2019. They join the ranks of AustralianSuper ...

Advice dealer group shutters

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
More than 30 financial advisers are left without a home as Spectrum Wealth Advisers shuts up shop. Freedom Insurance Group has today revealed Spectrum will close earlier than originally intended as it can no longer meet a "key person" requirement of ...

Life insurers post strong March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Latest APRA life insurance stats show the life insurance industry turned a $536 million net profit after tax in the first three months of 2019 after a loss-making December quarter, but full-year results are still bleak. The industry reported a net profit ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
If there's anything that's 100% certain, it is that the European Central Bank (ECB) will keep current interest rate settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.40%. Although, given the mounting ...

New tax-effective Aussie shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
A Sydney boutique that says the highest bracket of tax payers can lose 40% of the returns on their Aussie shares portfolio to taxes has launched a new fund aiming to solve the problem. Redpoint Investment Management is starting a quantitative equities ...

Managed Account Awards finalists revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) has announced the finalists of the 2019 Managed Account Awards. The awards cover single sector asset classes and multi-asset class programs with a range of risk profiles or other goal based objectives. ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Inflation is dead! Bond markets celebrate! News headlines have picked up on the fall and fall in the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries. The yield closed at 2.24% overnight, down from 2.26% the day before - the lowest since September 2017. But the ...

Super funds can spearhead infrastructure: Expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
A Financial Services Council panel discussion today considered the possibility of superannuation funds taking a greater role in building Australia's infrastructure. Asked how the financial services industry was shaping up in the current economic ...

Investment firm plans delisting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
An investment firm focused on private equity style transactions has decided to delist from the ASX. Oceania Capital Partners (ASX: OCP) said it wants to delist through an off-market equal access share buyback, subject to shareholder approval at the ...

Mercer hires investment strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
Mercer has appointed a former Suncorp executive to the newly created position of head of investment strategy. Gwion Moore joins the portfolio management senior leadership team, responsible for leading asset allocation decision making for the Mercer ...