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Industry fund boss exits

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... fund's chief operating officer Tony Griffin, who stepped into Russell's place in the interim during his recent battle with a serious illness. Griffin is an experienced superannuation executive, having previously worked for both TWU Super and ...

ClearView rated stable

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... overhauled the pricing of its LifeSolutions stepped and hybrid income protection products, in a move designed to help it battle what it dubbed "extremely difficult market conditions".

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
"Whatever it takes and for however long it takes!" This is the collective battle cry of governments and central banks the world over as they try to calm nerves and get ahead of the coronavirus that's paralysed economic activity. Fiscal and monetary ...

ClearView restructures pricing as life sector struggles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
The tough times in Australia's life insurance sector have forced the provider to overhaul its pricing. ClearView has revised its pricing across its Life Solutions stepped and hybrid income protection products, as the insurer battles to remain profitable ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... way many advisers gain new clients and without the certainty of those flows of business they could be facing an uphill battle. "We are getting feedback from members and the issue of referrals in particular is one that I think is has triggered a great ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
Two executives from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets have joined the board of Gardior after winning the mandate to manage The Infrastructure Fund in late 2018. Head of MIRA Australia Grant Smith and head of MIRA Asia-Pacific Frank Kwok joined ...

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
JANA Investment Advisers may be forced to hand over key documents as part of Rest's ongoing legal battle with member Mark McVeigh. Final discovery orders were consented to by both Rest and McVeigh in late December last year. Documents created by ...

Underperformers should not be allowed new members: Silk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... industry. "The heatmaps are hopefully going to be an important mechanism to achieve that end," he said. He said the ongoing battle between the industry and retail superannuation sectors is a point of interest for those in the sector, but not one that ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
Rest, the $57 billion industry fund, continues to battle a legal fight brought by one of its members that could have consequences for the entire superannuation industry. Rest will be in court again on November 15 for a case management hearing. In July ...

AMPFPA selects law firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... 93% of respondents indicated their support. The appointment of Corrs is the most recent development in the AMPFPA's battle with AMP Financial Planning over its decision to change its Master Terms in regards to business valuations under the BOLR policy ...