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One-stop complaints shop opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... financial complaints to court." "This new one-stop shop represents a new era for financial dispute resolution, delivering free, fast and binding services for all financial complaints, whether they be related to banks, credit providers, insurance companies ...

Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... the tax treatment of death benefits taken out of superannuation and out of line with the policy that death benefits are tax free for dependants" and ensures death benefit lump sums remain tax-free for dependants, even if rolled over within the superannuation ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... KPMG which stated if the current insurance in superannuation system continued to operate over the next 10 years, this would free the Government of outlays between $650 million and $1.85 billion in the absence of default group insurance. Separately, Rice ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... tobacco stocks. The following month, several asset owners voiced support for the recently launched United Nations' Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. BT Financial Group said it is extending its ESG exclusion framework to investment mandates for internally ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... inflation." This story was first published in the latest print issue of Financial Standard. You can view the full article on our free iPad app.

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
AMP will exit life insurance in 2019, following a $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection business. It will also divest its New Zealand wealth management and advice businesses via an IPO. The completion of an AMP portfolio review led to the divestments. ...

Downsizer scheme gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... residence, provided it doesn't total more than $300,000 each, Howard added. Downsizer contributions form part of a clients' tax-free component within super and will be taken into account for determining eligibility for the Age Pension, while the value ...

AustralianSuper consortium renews bid for healthcare company

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The BGH Capital-AustralianSuper consortium has made another bid to acquire Healthscope, five months after the company rejected its previous bid. BGH-AustralianSuper is offering to pay $2.36 per share for the private hospital owner-operator. This offer ...

Afterpay faces senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... inconsistently between several operators with very different characteristics". "Our model is unique in that we provide a free service to customers if payments are made on time, we do not charge interest or monthly fees, our instalment periods are short ...

BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Assembly. The fund - which serves health and community services employees - is among 85 founding signatories to the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, representing more than $6 trillion in assets under management. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said the ...