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FSC adds to Life Insurance Code of Practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Several new consumer protections will be added to the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s Life Insurance Code of Practice, including the industry's first guidelines on family and domestic violence, as well as new protections in the genetics moratorium. ...

ASIC sues BPS Financial over crypto claims

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against BPS Financial (BPS). The regulator alleged BPS made false, misleading, or deceptive representations and engaged in unlicensed conduct in relation to a non-cash payment facility ...

Carlyle names local private equity lead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... responsibility for leading the investment advisory team. He'll also oversee investments across the firm's priority sectors of consumer, healthcare, technology, and financial services across Australia and New Zealand. Hutchinson has over 15 years of private ...

4.3m Australians invest responsibly: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
One in five Australians over the age of 18 hold responsible investments in their portfolio, representing approximately 4.3 million people. Netwealth's Investing for good report shows that 22% of Australians are investing responsibly and the figure is ...

Westlawn Financial Services cops stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
ASIC has placed an interim stop order on the distribution of Westlawn Financial Services' income fund, due to non-compliant target market determinations (TMDs). The interim stop order will restrict the Grafton-based firm from issuing interests in, giving ...

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Members of funds that failed the inaugural Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test aren't leaving, with new modelling showing just 10% have found a new fund. According to Industry Super Australia (ISA) analysis, only 10% of members switched ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
According to research commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC), the introduction of a scalable advice model for life insurance would see more than a million Australians have the life insurance cover they need. Research by NMG Consulting ...

Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... impact on more than 15 million Australians that are saving for their retirement through superannuation by undermining consumer confidence in the objective of the system." The FSC modelling also examined three measures that generated tax receipt reductions ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in September, up 8.2% over the last year. Increases in the shelter, food, and medical care indexes were the largest of many contributors to the monthly seasonally adjusted all items increase. Though, these ...

Choice performance test pause in members' best interests: Chant West

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... he said. "A regulated approach to investment product and superannuation fund research and delivery, together with the consumer protection measures noted in the QAR review recommendations, will afford consumers, and their advisers, stronger protections ...