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Life insurers disregard code of practice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... under-reporting of breaches relating to claims decision timeframes indicates that subscribers lack sufficient processes for recording and reporting such breaches." The committee's criticisms didn't stop there, with the report adding that the corporate ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Rio Tinto has been excluded from two portfolio options of a major industry superannuation fund following its destruction of 46,000 year old Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge last month. First State Super has dropped Rio Tinto from the diversified ...

Confusion over RG 146 requirements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... is when the FASEA CPD requirements commenced. "I understand that in the transitional period CPD providers have been recording CPD against both the RG 146 and the FASEA requirements," Dawson said. "I confirm that recording of CPD against the RG 146 requirements ...

Volatility continues to drive investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
Investors continue to be driven by the market volatility caused by COVID-19, with the ASX recording ever-increasing trading volumes. Average daily trades on the Australian Securities Exchange continue to rise, as investors deal with the ongoing fallout ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... not-for-profit funds are performing strongly in the wake of COVID-19, with Rainmaker's SelectingSuper MySuper index recording an average return of 2.2% across April. The April monthly result is the best since June last year, and shows that despite ...

IOOF sees surge in FUM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
IOOF announced funds under management grew 34% in the third quarter to $195.6 billion, despite recording a negative impact from its advice and investment management arms. The company said it recorded net outflows of $262 million from its financial advice ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... sentiment towards trade over the last few weeks. US markets had made somewhat of a recovery of late, with the S&P 500 recording a new monthly high just yesterday. In Wednesday's trade, the Dow Jones fell 1.86%, the S&P 500 shed 2.2%, and the Nasdaq ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... the world, with 119,588 who have died from the virus. It comes as the US overtakes Italy's death toll from COVID-19, recording more than 20,000 deaths from the virus over the weekend. In Australia, 6394 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Nasdaq Composite lost 0.33%. The volatility index is now trading up 3.23% at 46.7 points. The falls come despite New York recording its third day straight of coronavirus cases below-peak levels. Even with these decreases, the Governor of New York Andrew ...

Bell FG appoints director, releases FY results

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... University of Technology Sydney in its business school. It comes as Bell Financial Group releases its full year results, recording a profit (after tax) of $32.4 million; an increase of 33%. The group's revenue increased by 16% in the same period, hitting ...