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The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority was given less than one day to consider the early access to super scheme. ...
Life/Risk
Individual disability income insurance as the worst hit risk product at a loss of $1.4 billion over the year to March 2020, according to data. ...
Superannuation
Too many superannuation fund trustees have been looking for excuses not to merge rather than getting on with the process in the best interests of their members, according...
Superannuation
New Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data has revealed the lowest rate of return for superannuation since data began being collected 15 years’ ago. ...
Policy & Regulation
IOOF has walked away from a class action initiated against it in the wake of the Royal Commission and action by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with a quie...
Superannuation
Almost all of BT’s Advance Retirement Suite early access to super payments have taken between six to nine days, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...
Superannuation
Superannuation funds may not have been responsible for the $150,000 early release fraud being investigated by the Australian Federal Policy but their members will ultimat...
Policy & Regulation
Firms marketing fixed term investment products as a substitute for bank term deposits have been placed on notice by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. ...
Superannuation
The newly formed entity has completed the purchase of Diversa Trustees, CCSL, and Tidswell Financial Services....
Superannuation
During the first week of the early super release payments scheme trustees paid members $1.3 billion, according to data....
Financial planning
Lower superannuation fund returns over the long term may see financial planners forced to change their traditional advice model around superannuation, particularly for th...
Features
Self-managed superannuation funds have been weathering the COVID-19 storm, writes Mike Taylor, but should be alert to the price they may be asked to pay as part of the re...
Life/Risk
Data needs to be collected on the fees paid to lawyers on group life insurance claims, according to the Association of Financial Advisers....
Financial planning
Risk specialists, Australian Financial Risk Management have hit back at plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn suggesting it has criticised risks advisers on the basis of s...
Financial planning
Risk advisers need to explain why consumers can be worse off taking advised insurance when compared to those taking group insurance within superannuation, according to pl...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...