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Rewards program to boost super savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... members. It is designed to simplify their relationship with super and alleviate some of the stress they may carry with respect to not easily being able to contribute more to their super balance," he said. The Guild Retirement Fund comprises GuildSuper ...

ASIC moves to make licensees FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... implications of the proposals in addition to providing feedback on whether the proposals are necessary, which elements should not apply and whether there is a better way to amend the existing organisational competence framework. Consultation is open ...

More than half of advisers without association membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
Latest research suggests more than half of the financial advisers in Australia are not affiliated with any industry association, despite the impending professional standards reform. Rainmaker analysis shows just 12,400 of Australia's financial advisers ...

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... used to take 25 minutes has been reduced to 15 minutes from start to finish. Entering this project, Tilocca said the aim was not to slash the number of questions but to ask the right questions. Three years in the making, the collaboration with University ...

APRA beefs up cybersecurity standards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... with time. "A significant information security breach at an APRA-regulated entity is almost certainly a question of when - not if. In a worst-case scenario, a major breach could even force a company out of business," Summerhayes said. "As a result, APRA ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... However, total costs (which includes look through costs of 1.34%) fell from 1.611% to 1.571% year on year. The Future Fund is not a superannuation fund. It was established in 2006 to assist the Government to meet its unfunded superannuation liabilities ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. This is that immortal dialogue from the classic film, 'Marathon Man' ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... importantly, none of the current loans is in arrears and only one loan has ever defaulted, following a cyclone, and that loan did not incur a loss," Street said. Street says critics of LRBAs often cite the activities of residential property spruikers ...

Government super fund adds engagement lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... team. Meanwhile, D'Souza joined from Mercer where he was also a consultant, providing investment advice to super funds and not-for-profit clients. He has also previously held roles with NAB and Deloitte. ESSSuper's head of investments, Daniel Selioutine ...

Westpac admits it didn't take FoFA seriously

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
Westpac said while implementing the Future of Financial Advice reforms, it did not embed strong enough controls and record-keeping to police fee-for-no-service advice. The admission was made in the bank's annual sustainability report released today ...