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APRA urges entities to strengthen risk management

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... used as a single portal to avoid the need for entities to report to APRA and ASIC separately. He highlighted that now is a good opportunity for ADIs to evolve their accountability framework. "And it is never too early for insurers and superannuation ...

Advising through disability implications

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... functional impairment-based policies, payments or benefits," he said. Johns explained each asks for a medical practitioner who is good at diagnosing and prescribing medications and managing issues to be a functional impairment specialist. "And that is ...

No big surprises, Levy promises

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... am not at this stage proposing big changes to the proposals," she confirmed. Levy explained one amendment will be around good advice. "You'll ask me about good advice - one of the proposals that I am changing is, not to remove an obligation to give ...

The challenge of articulating value of ongoing advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... we just come as see you when we need advice?' I replied, 'Well, if you can find a business that just does one-off advice, good luck'," Win recalled. He said a second challenge is that, in his experience, when someone needs ongoing advice, they want the ...

Advising an ageing population

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... living longer, we're trying to just raise that retirement age; I think that's going to cause a lot of problems." And a good life isn't just about financial assets either, he noted. "Other advice I would give is, in my experience, the very best ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe cited climate change and the transition to renewable energy as two of four longer-term changes to the global economy that are "likely to affect the dynamics of inflation, central bank policy and the way ...

What to expect at FPA Congress 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... said. "If people are going to take time out of their business, they've got to come away from the event with some really good learnings." As of last Thursday, the event had 1150 registrations, but Broome believes there may be more to come. "We could ...

Igneo buys NZ energy distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
Igneo Infrastructure Partners will acquire New Zealand electricity distributor Eastland Network. Eastland Network will be purchased from Eastland Group, a specialist in regional infrastructure, including ports, electricity networks and generation. Eastland ...

Property trusts hit with stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
MPG Funds Management Limited (MPG) has been banned from offering or distributing two of its property trusts to retail investors because of poor target market determinations (TMDs). The interim stop orders, implemented by ASIC, prohibit MPG from issuing ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... stores," he points out. "They have got long leases and have very few significant competitors." But property wasn't the only good news. Coming out of Covid, it made sense to increase equity exposure at the expense of fixed-income securities. Miller ...