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Royal Commission principles not simply an add-on

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
A set of ideas or principles aligned to community standards resulting from the financial services Royal Commission must not be solely grafted as optional extras for better business profits, an ethics specialist believes. The Ethics Centre executive ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... (CASA). It became open offer in 2005 and now has 6500 members. In November, the fund won the SelectingSuper Members' Choice Award and its board member Lawrie Cox was inducted into the SelectingSuper Hall of Fame after being presented with the Industry ...

Federation Asset Management appoints Equity Trustees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
A recently launched asset manager appointed Equity Trustees as its trustee. Federation Asset Management appointed Equity Trustees as its trustee and responsible entity. The firm, who launched last September, is aiming to lead investment in renewable ...

New rules for UK retirement income products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... by the consumer. Instead, they will choose from four investment objectives and then be offered a solution based on that choice. The four options include one for those wishing to drawdown all their money within five years; a fund for those wishing to ...

Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... According to Rainmaker research, the new indexed options make Rest one of the top providers of ultra-low cost member investment choice options. For a balance of $100,000, a member would pay $167.60 a year. This adds to product fees of $67.56 per annum ...

First neobank granted full banking licence

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... part to broader federal government economic policy. "Increasing competition in the banking sector to give consumers more choice, lower prices and better service is part of the Government's plan for a stronger economy," he said.

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... "The reason for including what fund members think in assessing the best performers is that they have the final decision on choice of fund, so their opinion counts," Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said. However, the best in ...

Praemium to upgrade platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
Next month Praemium will roll out major upgrades to its integrated managed accounts platform for advisers and investors. Praemium has upgraded the technology, the coverage of the managed accounts, coverage of investments and user functionality, the ...

LGIAsuper deputy chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar wished Harcla well in his retirement on behalf of the fund and its members. "Ian's choice to retire provides an opportunity for him to seek non-executive director roles, and a well-deserved opportunity to devote ...

Best-in-show splits industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... choosing any other fund - this includes an SMSF. Neither should enterprise and workplace agreements restrict members' choice, it said. "Any member who does not have an existing account and who fails to make a choice of fund within 60 days should ...