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FPA, AFA merger talks continue

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... emails surveying their views on a new name for the proposed merged association and we have appointed a branding agency to review responses and develop a proposal for a new name and brand," he said. "It is important that the name of the proposed merged ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
Growth in fund complexity and managing assets in-house has triggered intensive efforts by pension funds to beef up their operational and support functions. JANA principal consultant and head of operational consulting, Jo Leaper, says there is a growing ...

Lifespan welcomes markets veteran to investment committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
The privately-owned financial advice network has appointed high profile financial markets veteran Jonathan Pain to the Lifespan Investment Committee. Pain brings over 38 years of international investment experience and has led investment teams in London ...

The most powerful driver of risk culture in super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
According to a KPMG risk management trends in superannuation report, governance is believed to be the most powerful driver of risk culture in super, but some frameworks have deficiencies. KPMG said funds have established a risk culture framework which ...

Former Statewide Super executives charged

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... ASIC also alleges that former Statewide Super chief risk officer Kieran Netting dishonestly used his position regarding a review he conducted connected to the appointment of Cosight to deliver services to Statewide. Eastwood commenced as Statewide Super ...

JPMorgan Asset Management launches sustainable ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... fundamental research, both T3MP and JPSI will use JPMAM's proprietary natural language processing tool, ThemeBot, to review nearly 13,000 stocks globally, rapidly analysing tens of millions of data sources. "Once we identify the sub themes that facilitate ...

Life insurer claims under regulator watch

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
ASIC has called life insurers to review the accuracy of their systems and controls for claims calculations and payments. This follows theidentification of systems failures in the incorrect applications of consumer price indexations (CPI)'s to life insurance ...

ASIC abandons $500k SMSF threshold

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... for our sector to have that $500,000 threshold removed." Earlier this year, the SMSFA wrote to ASIC requesting that it review its guidance for AFSLs (and their representatives) who provide advice to retail clients about SMSFs. "In particular, references ...

APRA, ASIC concerned over premium increases

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... discrepancies, ASIC and APRA said that they expect all life companies that write, or have written, retail life insurance policies to review their past premium increases, and disclosure and marketing material. When addressing expectations around design ...

Trustees must improve IDR processes: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... has found some superannuation trustees have sub-standard arrangements for managing complaints. The finding is based on a review of 35 trustees, with 10 of those selected for a more detailed review in Stage 2. When it comes to timeframes for handling ...