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Industry fund appoints advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... at the fund. Palmer will now be responsible for business development, defined benefit, financial planning, insurance and claims, product and accredited financial advisers. "Lisa has more than 15 years' experience in financial services and understands ...

PYSP puts SMSFs at risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... all members with an inactive account are without insurance needs. "It is estimated that more than $500 million is paid in claims to inactive members each year," Mu noted. "Our concern is that a large majority of impacted members won't be aware of these ...

Life insurers post strong March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... Individual Lump Sum and Individual DII. This deterioration is mainly driven by loss recognition caused by persistent adverse claims experience," the report states.

AMP faces super fee gouge class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... firm said. Principal lawyer Brooke Dellavedova said building on the findings of the Royal Commission, the action filed claims the AMP trustees - whose duty was to act in the best interests of members - failed to monitor, compare, negotiate or seek reductions ...

AMP class actions consolidated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... inappropriate to partake in a "beauty parade", in comparing the respective legal and funding teams according to anecdotal data and claims she could not properly test. "I am satisfied that the respective legal teams each have the skill and capacity to ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... since Mar-16. New order growth slowed for third-straight months, while employment growth fell to 25-month low. Initial claims down 1K to 211K (est. 215K). New home sales fell 6.9% m/m to a 673K SAAR (est. 678K)." They went up and down, but the S&P 500 ...

MLC Life wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... will be able to benefit from LifeView; to apply for and increase their cover online, and lodge and track the progress of claims; while trustees can access real-time data and analysis of their funds' claims experience, McCormack added. MLC Life Insurance ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... Gocher explained that most of the proposals in question actually align with the funds' stated ESG principles. "Despite claims from many funds that they are 'ESG aware', there is still widespread reluctance to support sensible shareholder ...

Spaceship searches for new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... Australian Expatriate Superannuation Plan (AESF). In April 2018, ASIC slapped the startup with a fine for promoting "misleading claims" about its GrowthX option, which claimed to "measure companies," but in reality tracked an index the majority of the ...

Industry fund fined over independent advice claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... consequently slapped with a financial penalty issued by the corporate regulator. ASIC alleged Hostplus provided misleading claims to consumers about offering "independent advice" in a recorded telephone message via its main contact number. The recorded ...