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FASEA loses board director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... "Catriona is an inaugural member of the FASEA board, appointed as one of three directors with experience in representing consumers of financial advice." The FASEA board expressed its gratitude to Lowe for the drive and skill she brought to the organisation ...

The super choice of the super wealthy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JAN 2020
... Australia's top premium brands and concluded that UniSuper was the fund of choice for the nations' high-net wealth consumers. The super fund ranked seventh on the top-10 premiums brands list. This follows UniSuper ranking second in the Stockspot ...

Consultation opens for design, distribution guidance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... Karen Chester said. Chester added that the obligations - which require firms to design products meeting the needs of the consumers within their target market - should drive better business and consumer outcomes. "They simply require business to design ...

Consumer data right for open banking delayed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... key components of the reform that would have allowed the kick-off of open banking in Australia by February next year. Consumers will now be able to share their financial data, including credit and debit card, deposit account and transaction account data ...

What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... heat maps that came out just last week have already been the subject of scrutiny but the question still remains: will consumers even use them? As expected, it's these themes that have shaped Financial Standard' s coverage of the superannuation industry ...

Concerns over cancelled ASFL complaints

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... complaints to AFCA and the formerly licensed Australian entity. The regulator said its inquiries are continuing and warned consumers to exercise caution in relation to any company purporting to offer financial services under the name KP International. ...

Tech to topple banking: RBA

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... is useful for banking business." These regulatory changes are open banking and consumer data right (CDR), which allow consumers to own their banking data, allowing them to share this data with other institutions and find products that better suit their ...

No joy in the advice world this Christmas

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... cost to their shareholders, industry and the tax payer," Daniels said. He added that the greatest cost will be borne by consumers who will have to pay more for advice, mature age planners who may have to reluctantly exit and the tax payer as a decline ...

ASIC urges improved insurance outcomes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... number of trustees adopting the Code. However, further work needs to be done to achieve the high industry standards consumers expect. "We identified a number of inconsistencies in implementation of the Code, some relating to fundamental aspects such ...

Pendal appoints impact investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... investing represents the fasted growing part of the fund's management business globally," Brandweiner said. "As consumers change their buying behaviours and as governmental policy adapts to social and environmental problems, social entrepreneurs ...