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APRA expands super data collection

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... Phase 1 of the project, the breadth phase, addressed the highest priority gaps in APRA's data collection, particularly for choice products and investment options. The consultation package contains topic papers, draft reporting standards and data collection ...

New law backs choice of fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... forced some members into a super fund dictated by their employer. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Superannuation, Your Choice) Bill 2019 passed overnight to give about 800,000 employees the choice which superannuation fund their retirement savings ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... boutique AFSL, showing a two-fold increase since 2016. "More planners are heading down the self-licensing route, whether by choice or structural changes in the industry. As the dynamics of the advice market evolve, so do planners' support and service ...

Roar Software bolsters team, partners with Milliman

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... in the financial services industry". "The industry needs a fresh approach to technology where advice practices have real choice and freedom to partner with service providers they choose in an integrated environment," he said. Previously, Pettiona has ...

Hostplus ups income protection premiums by 73%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
The $45 billion industry fund for hospitality, sport and tourism has increased optional insurance premiums for some members by up to 73.7%. Non-default salary continuance insurance premiums for Hostplus members will increase from 1 October 2020. Salary ...

Zurich rejigs operations team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... "These appointments reflect the career aspirations of our team members, which is one of our ambitions as an employer-of-choice." Zurich completed its acquisition of ANZ's life insurance business OnePath in June last year.

Westpac offloads vendor finance business

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... initiatives, in partnership with Cerberus, to deliver a compelling equipment finance proposition and become the non-bank lender of choice to small and medium-sized business in Australia." Cerberus acquired Angle Finance in September 2019; its second ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... navigate this uncertain investing climate." The increasingly competitive landscape has provided investors with a greater choice of brokers as well as cheaper brokerage, he said. Yet, Australia's investors are willing to pay their broker more if it means ...

Impact investors team up for $48m investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... partnership will allow us to continue to deliver much needed housing to people with disability. It will provide them with the choice to live on their own, or with someone of their choosing, with independence and with the ability to fully participate ...

HESTA consolidates investment options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... be renamed Diversified Bonds. The changes will impact all members with some of their super invested in any of the Your Choice Asset Classes as at September 30. Retirees will also see changes, with the fund opting to close its Defensive option, impacting ...