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MetLife upgrades adviser platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... changes that took effect this month. Key product changes follow APRA's reforms to income protection which kicked off in October. The platform delivers on the reforms without disrupting an adviser's ability to quote and apply for life insurance cover ...

Exam pass rate steady at 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... eligible to sit the November exam. Existing advisers who have failed the exam twice before 1 January 2022 have until 1 October 2022 to pass the exam. Existing advisers who have not sat the exam twice before 1 January 2022 must pass by this date. Overall ...

Harvey Kalman joins Raiz

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... Kalman was granted 200,000 unlisted options under the company's long term equity incentive plan. The options vest on 31 October 2024 and are exercisable at A$2.302 on or before 31 October 2026. Kalman holds office as a director until the next annual ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
It wasn't so long ago - before the COVID-19 pandemic struck to be precise - that every other central bank around the planet were hopin' and wishin' and prayin' for consumer price inflation to, at the very least, move higher to within ...

Former Dover adviser banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... representative of Wealth & Risk Management from 22 July 2015 to 4 May 2016 and Dover Financial Advisers from March 6 to 23 October 2017. ASIC found that Sherwal misunderstood the best interests duty requirements and could not follow proper advice processes. ...

ASIC looks to extend CFD intervention

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... will expire on 23 May 2022 unless it is extended with the approval of the government. ASIC made the intervention order in October 2020, after finding that CFDs were resulting in "significant detriment" and losses to retail investors. A CFD is a leveraged ...

Montgomery adds to global strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... Australian and New Zealand offering. The Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund will be available to investors on October 21 following the partnership between both firms in March. The new fund is an open-ended trust with a minimum initial investment ...

360 Capital bids for property fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... Capital is offering $1.65 per share in IAP. The bid price factors in a 10% premium to IAP's closing price of $1.50 on October 15 and a 36.4% premium to the trading price of $1.21 on January 28. IAP was Investec's Australian and New Zealand property ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
"...participants generally assessed that, provided that the economic recovery remained broadly on track, a gradual tapering process that concluded around the middle of next year would likely be appropriate. Participants noted that if a decision to begin ...

Ellerston to shutter Morphic ESG fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... investment strategy. Following that assessment, the decision has been made to wind up the nine-year-old fund on or around October 15. The fund is certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia and excludes direct investment in companies ...