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SMFSA voices support for AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... financial adviser," the explanatory memorandum said. O'Dwyer said: "AFCA will provide a one-stop shop to ensure consumers get a fair deal in resolving disputes with banks, insurers, super funds and small amount credit providers, without the expense ...

LIF reforms to drive specialised advice industry

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The advice industry post-Life Insurance Framework reforms is "bright and full of potiential" for those businesses that adopt a more specialised approach, according to Bombora Advice managing director Wayne Handley. Handley said the LIF reforms are compelling ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... held to the highest critical standards and culture. It must also grow by meeting the needs of its users - especially the fair treatment of consumers in that the system should perform the way consumers are led to expect or believe. Hayne foresees that ...

Wells Fargo opens up on pay gaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
Wells Fargo has become the third major US bank to take action on gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Responding to shareholder pressure the bank released the findings of its most recent pay equity study. It showed women working for Wells Fargo in the US ...

Responsible investment here to stay: Experts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... of Future Super's executive sit on the investment committee for the BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:FAIR). BetaShares offers a range of exchange traded products which cover Australian equities, cash, currencies, commodities and ...

Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
Investment professionals believe there is a need to better control the risks associated with dynamic equity factor investing, according to latest EDHEC-Risk Institute and ERI Scientific Beta research. Between June and September 2017, more than 110 global ...

Macquarie adopts open banking solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... integration with Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group is the first-of-its-kind. "Zip is committed to transparent, fair and friendly financial products that support the totality of a customer's financial health. Pocketbook is integral to this ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... should be a higher priority," he said. Comparing Australia's corporate tax rate with overseas corporate tax rates is not a fair comparison; it is one of the few countries in the world with a dividend imputation system. "When you take into account dividend ...

An industry fund vision for retirement comfort

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... opt out. Mount Alexander Shire Council was the first to have an enterprise agreement that included the program approved by Fair Work Australia in October. "We knew this would help our employees to save more for their retirements. And we knew it was a ...

Asset test rules hurting retirement savings: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
The SMSF Association is voicing its concerns over changes to the assets test rules for the Age Pension, that is discouraging retirement savings and has other "detrimental" behavioural effects one year on. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney ...