Women underestimate their worth by 125 per cent
/A survey conducted by Noble Oak reveals that women underestimate their life insurance worth by sometimes extraordinary amounts.
Read More11% of planners to leave industry once new education standards kick in
/An Investment Trends survey of financial advisers has revealed that a chunk of advisers will be exiting the industry by the 2024 FASEA education standards deadline.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 6 August 2019
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IRESS improves Xplan
FPA CPD platform launch
CountPlus shareholders in favour of acquiring Count Financial
CBA approved to divest CFSGAM
APRA stakeholder survey shows regulator favour dropping
NAB document leak
MLC adviser fee class action plans
ASIC suing ANZ over periodical fee payments
FASEA exam update
Grandfathering commissions proposed ban date 1 January 2021
Risk People as at 6 August 2019
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MetLife welcomes head of retail product, strategic account manager
MLC Wealth promotes super and solutions GM
NIBA SA/NT Broker Award winners announced
SG survey: 87% of us want SG increased
/A survey into the views of the Australian public on increasing - or not increasing as is being proposed - the superannuation guarantee has revealed overwhelming support for an increase.
Read MoreESG Update as at 30 July 2019
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AMP Capital updates ethical superannuation funds
Activist shareholder group pushing for phase out of fossil fuels at Suncorp
The circular economy - what’s next? Shoes made from coffee
Impact washing research: 85% of green-themed funds making unsubstantiated claims
Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 30 July 2019
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Russell Investments enters managed accounts space
HUB24 announces multi-currency functionality for IMs
Pinnacle IM set to launch zero(ish)-fee ETF
BetaShares launches FTSE 100 ETF
Cooper Investors launches equities fund
LGIAsuper switches out WTW for JANA as asset consultant
First State Super and VicSuper planning merger
Fund People as at 30 July 2019
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IOOF updates CRO role, makes appointment
Credit Suisse appoints new Australian CEO
Willis Towers Watson welcomes head of investment strategy
Club Plus Super welcomes new chair and deputy chair
Tasplan appoints CIO
CBA Group Super welcomes new CEO
HESTA appoints head of investment execution
UniSuper hires chief strategy and marketing officer
REI Super appoints new CEO
QSuper welcomes CIO
Active fund withdrawals up $20bn - US Monthly Fund Highlights - June 2019
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Active funds saw net withdrawals of US$22.1 billion in June, compared to US$1.9 billion in outflows in May.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 23 July 2019
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Integrity Life wins digital design award
AFA launches paraplanner community
Golden Financial Group AFSL cancelled
OnePath penalised for failing to stop selling non-compliant product
ASIC seeks ban on direct life insurance sales
APRA criticised in new report
ASIC seeks ban on direct life insurance sales
FASEA to partially recognise accountant qualification
Risk People as at 23 July 2019
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CFS appoints executive manager of insurance, loses executive GM
NAB appoints new group CEO
MetLife makes key distribution appointments
SAFAA welcomes new CEO
AFA welcomes GM of partnerships
NIBA award winners announced
Super funds hard to engage with, research says
/Members are having trouble getting in touch with their superannuation funds, a research report says, offering funds a chance to up their game in member engagement.
Read MoreESG Update as at 16 July 2019
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Vision Super joins investors in calling out Amazon on human rights
Christian Super launches two new ethical options
FTSE Russell launches new climate risk government bond index
Global emissions targets - Australia shamefully not even on list
Philip Morris ‘attempting to normalise tobacco use’ with new heating methods
RIAA data shows responsible investments consistently outperform
List fund managers scoring low on disclosing ESG factors
Fund People as at 16 July 2019
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KPMG appoints asset and wealth head, life insurance head
CBA executive switches
AMP Life appoints investment head
Nikko AM appoints distribution head
Future Super appoints COO and CFO
Antares portfolio manager leaving after 12 years
Australian Ethical loses CEO
Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 16 July 2019
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BetaShares launches government bond ETF
Blockchain super admin platform launched
Boutique fund manager Mhor Asset Management shuts down
JP Morgan dumped at Funds SA after two decades as custodian
Deutsche Bank traversing new ground
AMP adds Zenith and Quilla to MyNorth, launches new portfolios offer, publishes whitepaper
Hostplus in merger talks with Club Super
CountPlus offloads conflicting SMA platform solution
ASIC cancels AFS licence of Australian Mutual Holdings Limited
ASIC offering fintech more flexibility
ASIC increases licence application requirements
US$10bn in new money for global long-term funds - Global FlowWatch - May 2019 Results
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Latin America led global long-term fund inflows with US$13 billion, followed by Local Asia with US$12 billion in net flows.
Read MoreTrade tensions and global stock markets causing uncertainty - Global ETF FlowWatch - May 2019 Results
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Global ETFs lost US$4 billion in redemptions during May as global stock market uncertainty and trade tensions increase.
Read MoreSurvey: a third of us are embarrassed by our financial habits
/The annual report into our attitudes and behaviour with money reveals many of us are not doing so great.
Read MoreAPRA releases 2018 insurance claims and disputes data
/ASIC and APRA have released the claims data from 2018, with some interesting revelations regarding claim time.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 9 July 2019
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NEOS Life enhances risk-only superannuation product
AMP adds functionality to My AMP
OnePath updates trauma definitions, underwriting engine
MLC Super changing TPD claim assessments for Any Occupation
First FASEA exams completed
APRA: financial institutions to register an ‘accountable person’
AWSM has AFSL cancelled
