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MLC Life unveils retail discounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
MLC Life Insurance has introduced several discount changes that can save new and existing retail customers up to 50% across various products. For financial advisers and new clients, MLC Life has applied a range of discounts across different products ...

Launch of new superannuation body imminent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
To be known as the Super Members Council of Australia, the new body created by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) is hunting for a chief executive ahead of its official launch next month. Expected ...

Responsible investment AUM drops: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... well as activity within the sector. RIAA has identified 36%, or $1.3 trillion of total managed assets, being managed in a way that demonstrates a leading approach to responsible investment. In a panel discussion at the launch of this year's report, EY ...

Perpetual shutters innovation fund, Pendal funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... shuttered on November 28. The decision is due to their small size and high running costs and cannot be managed in a cost-efficient way. They've also all "experienced consistent outflows and we consider that [it] has little prospect of significant growth ...

Aware Super rolls out adviser portal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... up new accounts for clients. Aware Super head of business development Natalie Jarvis said the portal "has transformed the way independent financial advisers (IFAs) interact with the fund, setting a new standard for profit-to-member funds in providing ...

Young Aussies flock to SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... members," Steele said. SMSFs are making inroads on closing the super gender gap compared to APRA funds. However, there is still a way to go before we achieve parity in super balances, he said. "Interestingly, the data indicates that women have a higher ...

Experience pathway enshrined in legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
The highly anticipated legislation that recognises veteran financial advisers as professionals and exempts them from undertaking further qualifications has passed both houses of parliament. The Labor government passed Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures ...

Some explanations have missed the mark: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... number of people with a job has increased by more than two million since mid-2016," he said. "The current cycle still has a way to run, but it is possible that Australia can sustain unemployment rates below what we have had over the past 40 years. If ...

CALI launches scholarship to boost female risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has launched a program that aims to entice more women into the life insurance industry. The industry body said its inaugural ReCALIbrate program will provide $2000 in grants to support the attendance of ...

LGT seals abrdn wealth business deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... Management's journey from inception in 2008 to a leading wealth manager in the UK today," LGT Wealth Management chief executive Ben Snee said. "We are confident that our commitment to excellent client service and conviction-based investing will drive ...