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No longer an accumulation game: ART

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... allocate to the product. "Given that innovative retirement income streams is still a new space, the product comparability assessment is still developing," Spragg noted. "When you view it within the lens of the Retirement Income Covenant (RIC), when we're ...

No regrets: Hayne reflects on Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... wondered if customers nowadays are more empowered to make informed decisions. "If the customer cannot make any independent assessment of fitness for purpose and cannot make any useful price comparison, the customer makes the choice to accept or reject ...

AFCA outlines systemic issues in wealth management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has shed light on what it considers systemic shortcomings in the superannuation, investment, and financial advice industries. The AFCA Systemic Issues Insights report identified multiple instances ...

PwC picks senior leaders to oversee review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... as chief risk and ethics leader immediately and help conduct the implementation of the external review findings. The assessment of PwC will dive into its governance, accountability and culture, which includes how the firm applies its professional values ...

Super fund members eye change

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
The superannuation industry is witnessing a 13-year peak in members' intention to switch funds, according to the latest Super member engagement report by Investment Trends. The report revealed that this surge in switching intention aligns with a substantial ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
Only two years on from its creation, the government is cutting the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority's funding, in a move that will see it only review the activities of ASIC and APRA every five years. The Authority, which commenced 1 July 2021 ...

Another round of consultation for veteran super taxation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... stream benefits. The government said this finding is at odds with the original intent of the policy under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and could lead to adverse outcomes for certain veterans. While the legislation was introduced, it is yet to pass. ...

Next generation stands by family adviser: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... multi-trillion-dollar asset opportunity," she said. Nuveen is due to launch Generational ntelligence Quotient (GnQ), an assessment tool that will help advisers serve wealth inheritors.

Industry funds gain ground in retirement asset battle: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... risk and achieving a certain income for life. APRA requires that by the end of June trustees will have undertaken an assessment of their products and strategies." "Members are now ranking certainty of income as a first priority in super fund surveys ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... advertisement said. HoganSprowles was also appointed liquidator of TIQK, a startup that provided an automated and objective assessment of financial advice, promising to audit Statements of Advice within a matter of seconds. Founded by Lane Cipriani in ...