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Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... limited information available on the extent of grandfathered commissions and there appears to be nothing that provides any analysis on the extent of volume bonuses or shelf space fees," Anderson said. "This all supports the view that we are operating ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... ESG risks and opportunities, and how Australian institutional asset owners and asset managers are using ESG risk/reward analysis to mitigate risk and provide sources of long-term investment return. Audacious Investing was launched in 2018 to cover the ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... 2018 report on retirement income adequacy. This included Industry Super Australia's Phil Gallagher who called the analysis "deeply flawed", the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Rice Warner's Nathan Bonarius. Treasury ...

Climate change to erode returns: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... based specifically on the effects of climate change. Frontier's principal consultant Philip Naylor said: "As a result of analysis we have completed across a number of themes in this year's review, we have lowered the likely returns we believe investors ...

Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... but it's another area that we see opportunity in to grow our asset management business." "We are still doing market analysis and research around that. I am not in a position to put a timeframe on it but it is [something under review]." Northern Trust ...

AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... with companies helps to drive innovative change from within to better climate outcomes and it also provides a deeper analysis of the climate related risks in our broader Australian equity portfolio." AllianceBernstein chief investment officer - Australian ...

Licensee faces hefty remediation bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... insurance in 2014. Broad areas of concern were highlighted by the regulator at the time - including inadequate needs analysis for clients and inadequate consideration of premium affordability issues. ASIC had particular concerns about one of ClearView's ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... find alternative solutions for clients impacted by grandfathered commissions. "We are deeply disappointed at the lack of analysis on the impacts of this reform and the lack of communication and guidance for impacted clients and advisers. At this stage ...

Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... side, which includes information technology, project management office, administration, business performance and data analysis. Statewide has been investing in its business intelligence unit, which now has four people who were upskilled or and redeployed ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... which is already teetering near recession, could indeed be severe. The government's leaked "Operation Yellowhammer" analysis talks of possible shortages of fresh food, medicine and petrol, disruption to ports and the risk of civil unrest, especially ...