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Life insurance salary guide for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
A new salary guide has outlined what those in the life insurance industry can expect to get paid this year, as it's revealed many claims assessors are looking to move sideways due to a perceived lack of career growth. Profusion Group's June 2020 insurance ...

Receivers appointed to Mayfair 101 entity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... Trustees Limited, the trustee of IPO Wealth, advised that on 22 May 2020 it appointed receivers to IPO Wealth Holdings. "The group considers this a premature and imprudent measure by Vasco given the current economic conditions imposed by COVID-19, and ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... operations officer Chris Conway. "The best broad advice I can give is to stay active and be prepared to alter your thinking as new information comes to hand," he said. "Things have been changing so fast that good ideas can quickly look foolish. "You ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... comes with diseconomies of scale and concentration of risk with massive FUM under the purview of a shrinking and smaller group of fiduciaries." When contacted by Financial Standard an APRA spokesperson said the regulator had no comment.

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
COVID-19 shut downs and volatility are not holding back a Sydney-based boutique's plans to launch a new fund. Contact Asset Management tested its new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The ...

No exclusions for frontline workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... COVID-19 such as police, pharmacists, paramedics and age care workers," Loane said. "While not everyone will be able to get new cover for other unrelated reasons, this commitment means potential exposure to COVID-19 alone won't affect the cover these ...

Industry bodies work to ease regulatory burdens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... that while the taskforce has been working together to ease regulatory burden for about six months it is now focussed on a new set of issues raised by COVID-19. Of particular concern to the FPA and SMSF Association is the government's stimulus measure ...

MLC waives licensee fees, delays dealer group transitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... transition sooner still can, Lloyd clarified. Transitions to fixed-term advice agreements have also been delayed, with the new start date for FTAA clients now July 1. The previous deadline was April 1. "However we would encourage advisers to commence ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... Caltex Australia, Worley, Seven Group, Beach Energy, Washington H Soul Pattinson, Mineral Resources, Whitehaven Coal, New Hope, Cooper Energy, Karoon, Canarvon, Senex, FAR and New Century Resources are the stocks in question. These companies, Market ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... superannuation authorities, offering to help unaware superannuation members ensure they aren't 'locked out of their account by the new rules'. An ACCC spokesperson told Financial Standard the scams have increased since the government announced Australians ...