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New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... January. "Using our extensive in-house resources and expertise, as well as a range of external tertiary education oriented papers, we have established a study hub that will help advisers plan for study as well as succeed in their chosen course," Wilson ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... Commission will examine issues associated with the sale and design of life insurance products. The Commission's background papers citing ASIC 2015 data shows the group distributional channel sold the highest number of policies (14 million), followed ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... miniscule or zero, the report states. "The apparent method of calculating such contingent liabilities used in the budget papers (simply as the sum of all eligible deposits) is badly flawed and warrants review... There is far more risk arising from the ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... 50/50 between in-house and third-party products - some questions might be asked," Hooper adds. According to the background papers, fees and costs may be analysed given the disparities among industry and retail funds. Retail funds "expend relatively more ...

Unintended consequences for opt-in insurance: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... default framework would protect the retirement savings of specific groups of superannuation members. In the 2018-19 budget papers the Government claimed the change would "protect the retirement savings of young people and those with low balances by ensuring ...

Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... default life insurance arrangements for members under 25 and low balance account holders to an opt-in framework. Budget papers said this was being done as a means of "protecting Australians' retirement savings from undue erosion by fees and insurance ...

Estate planning lawyer fined for misconduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... Dubler, described as his paralegal, to sign the will as a witness, again before the client or the donor had signed the papers. The matter came to light when the client passed away in September 2015, and his daughter - a university student - discovered ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... flipped into a 2.1% deficit the following year due to the global financial crisis. The economic projections in the Budget Papers 2018-19 look rational enough - GDP growth of 2.75% this fiscal year and then 3% per annum in the next four; so are the predictions ...

Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... superannuation funds no longer have opt-out life insurance arrangements for members under 25 and those with low balances. Budget papers said this was being done as a means of "protecting Australians' retirement savings from undue erosion by fees and ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... FY2020-21 amounting to A$10.2 billion (0.5% of GDP) from A$7.4 billion (0.4% of GDP) anticipated in the May 2017 Budget papers. The hope, of course, is that the Australian government's generosity would generate a stronger labour market, stronger consumer ...