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Fox warns against direct life insurance again

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... might be faster up front, but the sting is in the tail," Fox said. He urges all life insurance to be underwritten at application time to ensure a better claims experience for consumers. The opportunity for consumers to access life insurance directly ...

Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is taking Westpac to the Federal Court for allegedly breaching home-loan responsible lending practices. Between December 2011 and March 2015, the regulator claims Westpac failed to properly assess ...

Netwealth dominating platform sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... to encourage planner efficiency by making it customisable to user needs, while netwealth has begun pre-populating application forms with data from XPLAN. HUB24 also enabled pre-population and integrated with a licensee's internal software, andplans to ...

AIST names interim chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees named its interim successor to Tom Garcia. AIST executive manager, governance and stewardship Eva Scheerlinck will commence in the role when current chief executive Garcia departs on 10 March. In a ...

Inflows drive first net profit for HUB24

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
HUB24 recorded its first net profit of $0.9 million in the half-year to 31 December 2016. In its half-year accounts, HUB24 attributed this dramatic upswing in profits to strong net inflows of $1.6 billion over calendar 2016. This is up from the company ...

Aussie fintech maintains strength

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Australian fintech investment in 2016 remained strong despite a 47.2% global slide in fintech investment, according to KPMG International's The Pulse of Fintech report. Total fintech investment in Australia reached $626 million across 25 deals in 2016 ...

Women in Super launch 2017 scholarships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Applications for the third annual Women in Super and AGSM@UNSW Business School scholarship program are now open. The scholarship provides members of the Women in Super NSW chapter with the opportunity to attend one of the Australian Graduate School ...

NAB committed to growing impact investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Impact Investing Australia and Philanthropy Australia, in partnership with NAB, launched an initiative to make impact investing more accessible to not-for-profit organisations and for-purpose businesses. The Impact Investment Ready initiative comprises ...

ASIC watching SMSF advice closely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
ASIC will undertake a major project focused on the advice provided to self-managed super fund clients, particularly around the establishment of SMSFs, as the regulator continues its work to lift the standard of financial advice in Australia. Deputy ...

IOOF profits slide across all key businesses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
IOOF reported declining profits across all key segments in 1H17, contributing to an overall 45% slide in statutory profit down to $74 million. The group's platform management and administration business took the biggest hit to underlying profit, falling ...