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IDII pitfalls advisers should avoid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... the Statement of Advice or Record of Advice and that the client understands the recommendations. "If the rising cost of cover is something that needs to be taken into account, I would absolutely recommend that's clearly documented as it needs to ...

More departures at EISS Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Just a week on from the exit of its chief executive, EISS Super has also now bid farewell to its chair and several directors. Fund chair Warren Mundy has departed the fund, alongside directors Mike Roche, Juliet Dunworth and Thomas Costa. Roche had ...

Statewide Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... with the aim of making premiums more equitable across the fund's membership. Members will have to calculate whether their cover is becoming more expensive according to their occupation, age, level of cover and unitised rates. Statewide Super has changed ...

MSCI launches implied temperature tool

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... how companies in their investment portfolios are aligning with global temperature targets. The company-level dataset will cover nearly 10,000 publicly listed companies based on the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index. The tool is in line with the Task ...

Advisers embrace technology, lack budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
Financial advisers have dramatically relied on technology over the last 18 months yet are unwilling to increase their budget to improve the clients' digital experience, new research finds. The 2021 Netwealth AdviceTech Report found advisers spent ...

Colonial First State faces penalties for MySuper conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
The Federal Court has found Colonial First State misled members of its FirstChoice Fund on at least 12,978 occasions over nearly two years in relation to switching to its MySuper product. The court found CFS's communication (via letters and calls) ...

MLC bolsters private equity team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
MLC Asset Management has made three appointments to its New York-based private equity team. Laura Hotaling joined as portfolio manager from New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS) where she was chief risk officer. She previously spent eight ...

State Street bolsters cybersecurity, recruits 400

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... cybersecurity operations analysts, cybersecurity instrumentation engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity architects (which cover network, identity access management and blockchain), cybersecurity forensics/investigations, pen testers and governance ...

AustralianSuper to shutter property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Nearly three years after AustralianSuper added the ability to freeze redemptions in its property option for up to two years, the fund has decided to shut the option altogether. The $225 billion industry fund will close the property option on September ...

Zurich, OnePath cover vaccine side-effects

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Zurich Life & Investments and OnePath Life have added protection coverage from the COVID-19 vaccination into eligible life insurance policies to encourage more people to get vaccinated. The new protection ensures that if any Zurich or OnePath Life insured ...