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Those most in need of advice see least value in it: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... government-funded rebate for advice. The study on the impact of cost and access to financial advice for lower socio-economic consumer groups, including women, found those who would likely benefit most from financial advice see the least value in it ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Qantas Super and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have made a combined $100 million investment in the Ellerston 2050 Fund. The open-ended, wholesale fund, managed by Ellerston Capital will invest solely in companies that afford consumers ...

AFA hits back at QAR submissions from Choice, ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... Industry Super Australia, saying their recommendations are harmful to the sector. Starting with Choice, the AFA said the consumer body's submission criticises financial advisers and is full of unfair judgments and generalisations. "They make the often-repeated ...

Link rejects Dye & Durham takeover bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... Notwithstanding the takeover agreement, the ACCC recently said it hadn't yet agreed to provide 'approval' or any decision. The consumer watchdog also said it hadn't reached a view on Dye and Durham's request for informal merger clearance for its proposed ...

Subjects of Royal Commission case study found guilty in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
The Federal Court has found that Select AFSL (Select), BlueInc Services Pty Ltd (BlueInc) and Insurance Marketing Service Pty Ltd (IMS) engaged in unconscionable conduct when selling insurance products. The Court also found Russell Howden, the managing ...

Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... to address these complexities to ensure the performance test is properly designed to deliver on its promise of strong consumer outcomes in the investment returns of superannuation products." "The broader review of YFYS will provide an opportunity to ...

Companies' ESG efforts improve

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... which has more than doubled from last year to 65%. Japan shows significant opportunities expected to emerge in autos, consumer staples and semiconductors over the next decade. Energy however is still facing a gap with 90% of energy sector analysts stating ...

Natalie Cameron named AFCA lead ombudsman

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... leadership style. "She has already demonstrated that she can build strong relationships with both industry bodies and consumer organisations and that she can make sound, impartial decisions without fear or favour." Locke concluded that the lead ombudsman ...

Chorus of self-interest in financial advice: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... director Xavier O'Halloran has said that, ahead of the Quality of Advice review, super funds are lobbying to remove the consumer protections around intra-fund advice. "There are serious questions about the value of getting advice from a super fund with ...

UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... almost 500 recruits hired between January and the end of July this year. The regulator named Roma Pearson as director of consumer finance, Matthew Long as director of payments and digital assets, Karen Baxter as director of strategy, policy, international ...