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Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... were often made a "substantial amount of time" after the relevant institution was made aware of misconduct. Part of the problem, ASIC said, is that there are often weak controls in place in regards to background-checking and auditing of financial advisers. ...

ATO payroll system tracking unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
The Australian Taxation Office is tackling the growing $3.6 billion unpaid super problem with its Single Touch Payroll (STP) system that closely monitors employers' inability to pay superannuation entitlements, with the first phase due to roll out on ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Superannuation industry associations have once again come out strongly against a policy of allowing first home buyers early access to their superannuation to purchase a home. Following comments this week from Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who ...

Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... risk of non-compliance and increases opportunities for payments to be missed. "The most effective solution to the growing problem of unpaid superannuation is to try and prevent it happening in the first place," Cbus chair Steve Bracks said in his submission ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... said. "We have more interaction with our electricity statement than we do with our superannuation and I think that's a problem."

Plato launches income-focused LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... eating into their capital as they manage longevity risk," Hamson said. "In this context, PL8 solves a common investor problem, and does so in an easily accessible product that is exchange-traded." The LIC's investment portfolio aims to produce yearly ...

Women key to finance sector culture issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... should have received the opportunity to go for, but didn't because proper processes don't exist. Ridout said this is a "big problem." She urged women to take a risk and "demand you want a crack at that job...[Because] companies don't want you to fail ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... direct focus, and - perhaps most importantly - fundamentals need to be correct; don't overpay for assets, which is a big problem in emerging economies." Mercer believes that thinking about alignments of interest and sustainability factors results in ...

Super doesn't need tender system: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... default super in Australia. ASFA's latest research paper says adopting the Chilean system would be a solution looking for a problem that doesn't exist and would have adverse effects on member outcomes. The Productivity Commission is currently considering ...

Kaplan buys artificial intelligence regtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Following a partnership to develop a digital solution for advisers, Kaplan acquired an artificial intelligence-based regtech provider. The education provider has been working with Red Marker to develop Artemis, a solution for financial advisers to create ...