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Women don't know their worth: Noble Oak

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
Women underestimate their life insurance value by 125% while men underestimate theirs by just 19%, latest research shows. According to Noble Oak, women think their life insurance is worth an average of $373,000 less than it actually is. Men underestimate ...

Pinnacle kicks off race to zero-fee ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
A local boutique is planning to launch Australia's first zero fee exchange traded fund. Pinnacle Investment Management is aiming to bring a zero-fee cash ETF to the ASX, managed by Omega Global Investors and says there may be room to implement the model ...

ASIC clamps down on opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
The corporate regulator is set to ask ASX and Chi-X to stop admitting new active ETFs that use internal market making as it mulls a review, Financial Standard can reveal. ASIC has asked all market operators to not launch any new active ETFs with internal ...

Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
The majority of Financial Standard 's readership agrees the calculation of deeming rates should be appointed to an external, independent body. After the Federal Government lowered deeming rates from July 1, we wanted to find out if the Minister ...

Open Banking gets another shot in parliament

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
The Morrison Government is reviving its Consumer Data Right bill - which includes the Open Banking changes that would give consumers access to and control of their own financial data. The bill was reintroduced to Parliament and read today. Treasurer ...

CommSec fixes faulty statements

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
CommSec has identified issues in statements it sent to customers holding exchange traded options through its platform and is fixing them. CommSec made the first batch of changes to ETO statements in October last year and has a pipeline of future work ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
The Federal Government has announced changes to deeming rates, a move welcomed by over 600,000 age pensioners. The Department of Human Services (DHS) will backdate deeming rates from 1 July 2019. The lower deemed rate will drop from 1.75% to 1%, while ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
About 67% of superannuation fund members who attempted to engage their super fund in the last 12 months gave up, according to new research. New insights from the Investment Trends Super Fund Member Sentiment and Communications Report shows 67% of super ...

MySuper lacks risk and return correlation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
New research suggests investment objectives of superannuation funds should be assessed on their own merit as the level of risk does not always directly link to returns. Rainmaker's inaugural RMetrics MySuper report took a deep dive into the relationship ...