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TAL, AIA dominate group life market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
According to the latest data on life insurance claims and disputes from APRA and ASIC, TAL is the largest player in the group insurance sector in Australia. TAL leads the life insurance market, boasting a 40.4% market share, insuring 3.9 million lives ...

Purpose of pause to gather more data: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... was better to continue to raise interest rates to ensure inflation is brought back to target faster, noting that monetary policy could be eased quickly if an adverse shock caused inflation and economic activity to slow by more, or more rapidly, than ...

RBA reforms require bipartisan support: Chalmers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... infrastructure, banking, and banknote functions. Chalmers further flagged that the Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy will potentially be included in the RBA Act. The statement is a common understanding between the RBA governor and government ...

AIA launches retail rewards program

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... eligible for the incentive. Eligible customers will be rewarded a 2.5% discount on lump sum premiums for the life of the policy and a discount of up to 17% on some bundled products. Healthier Life Reward forms part of AIA's Priority Protection portfolio. ...

SMSF Association names head of membership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... head of membership and corporate development for the SMSF Association, effective May 1. Sparks currently serves as head of policy and technical services at BT, a tenure he has held for over 15 years. As a fellow of the association, Sparks also holds ...

Super fund selection driven by fees: SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... investment practices, and 78% think underperforming funds should be disqualified from the system. SCA senior research and policy advisor Rebekah Sarkoezy said: "What's clear is that there's strong consumer demand for super funds to actively demonstrate ...

US CPI inflation rate stays stubbornly high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... a return to target without additional tightening. However, she ultimately concluded that "while the full impact of this policy tightening is still making its way through the system, the strength of the economy and the elevated readings on inflation suggest ...

Global economic growth hits 20-year low: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... proving sticky, with labour markets tight in a number of economies," the IMF said. "Side effects from the fast rise in policy rates are becoming apparent, as banking sector vulnerabilities have come into focus and fears of contagion have risen across ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... earnings on balances of over $2 million taxed at 30%. "These changes would better target super tax concessions to their policy purpose, would not change savings behaviour, and would help make the system fairer," Grattan said. The second super measure ...

Drawdown reforms boosts post-retirement phase

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... Financial Services Council and NMG Consulting in their newly released report, A roadmap for Australian retirement income policy. The research argues that drawdown of retirement income is low, and bequests remains high, with retirees drawing down 17% ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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