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Hume clarifies survival of the fittest in MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... budget. The new duty makes it clear that trustees must act in the best financial interests of members at all times. Asked whether the new best interests duty will mean an end to ESG investing, Hume replied "no" and said the government does not want to ...

Effects of ERS not so bad: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... they were going to constrain themselves, I think targeting young people does make sense." Woods said the real question is whether or not the Morrison government has made the correct call in betting on an investment-led recovery. "We know that before ...

APRA rolls out new assessment model

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... five as the entity not deemed viable and resolution actions are taken. APRA may skip the supervisory stages depending on whether an entity needs increased supervision. The design of the SRI introduces recovery and resolution considerations and could ...

FASEA releases more Code of Ethics guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... owe another individual or organisation," the guide said. "This requires advisers to make a professional assessment as to whether their personal interests or other personal duties/relationships are incompatible or at variance with the interests of, and ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... meaning "the arrival of summer and rainy season in the Northern Hemisphere" might "reduce transmission of the disease". Whether it's the weather or governments' haste at re-opening (in time for the European summer), or the flouting of already ...

ANZ fined $10m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... charge same-name fees to non-loan retail and commercial customers (affected customers). ASIC said ANZ did not determine whether it was entitled to charge the same-name fees and continued to charge them to the affected customers until September 2015. ...

Netwealth appoints international custodian

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... transfer agreement with Citi comes into effect. "Citi is particularly well placed to facilitate Netwealth's growth plans, whether that is combining our leading Markets and Securities Services products together like we have with E2C, or providing a full ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... infection rates falling, which remains far from guaranteed for the coming months. The main concern at present is therefore whether the weakness of the September data will intensify into the fourth quarter, and result in a slide back into recession after ...

SMSF changes unlikely to mushroom new funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... six was reintroduced to the Senate, and the government has asked submissions on questions about it. To the question of whether raising the maximum number of members is likely to change the net establishment rates of SMSFs, Thorp said they are unlikely ...

Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... exercised voting rights, SuMi TRUST Bank said that it believed there to be no cases in which the final result of votes - whether approval or rejection - had been impacted. It said it would "promptly inform" all of the companies individually on the subject ...