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Westpac forks out $80m for AUSTRAC scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... response plan in relation to the AUSTRAC scandal. The bank provided a company update to the ASX, in which it outlined its progress on its response plan for the AUSTRAC case along with the subsequent class actions and regulatory investigations. In November ...

Australian ETF industry competition heats up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... concentrated' at end of 2012 to being 'moderately concentrated' in 2014. In the five years since, it has not made much progress in moving towards a more open market. However, when it comes to revenue, the Australian ETF industry has become ...

Global asset manager fills giant impact fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... private equity risk-adjusted returns by investing in companies in the lower middle market that contribute measurable progress toward one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," KKR said. Financial Standard understands Australia ...

NAB further delays offloading MLC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... transaction remains subject to market conditions, regulatory and other approvals." However, NAB said it continues to make progress towards a separation of MLC Wealth. "We are targeting a public market exit but will also explore alternative transaction ...

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... protracted. Macdonald has met with AMP four times since November to discuss possible solutions but said there has been little progress, he said. "Most of our members who are staying want to know what the future business model looks like. They've ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
After admitting its own gender pay gap has grown in the last 12 months, Future Super has ranked the S&P/ASX 100 from best to worst when it comes to gender equality in the workplace. The Gender Equality Report also recommended changes the Aussie businesses ...

Super fund admits its gender pay gap increased

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... transparent, which is why we published our own gender pay data to walk the talk. We're not perfect, but we're making progress." Meanwhile, to redress the imbalance in women's superannuation balances compared to men's, Future Super staff earing under ...

The PDS is weak: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... "In time, advisers will be able to focus on their strengths - setting goals and financial strategies, then monitoring progress against targets, with product selection being secondary," it said. "The price of financial advice will come down as many of ...

Frydenberg takes RC super advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
The federal government has released a tranche of draft legislation implementing much of the recommendations of the Royal Commission, including banning directors of RSEs to hold any other roles and prohibiting trustees from charging advice fees in MySuper ...

Ongoing fees, advice fees in super to be reformed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
New draft legislation aims to increase obligations around charging ongoing fees for financial advice and outlaw advice fees charged by superannuation funds. On Friday, the government released consultation draft legislation to implement 22 recommendations ...