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Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... greater transparency on fees - for example, rules around marketing 'low cost' funds and more awareness of and improvements to the ATO's Your Super tool to make it easier for Australians to compare total fees. He said he's keen to see ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... outcome. "Workers consistently tell us that they value workplace flexibility, and this agreement delivers significant improvements and will allow workers the ability to work in ways that suit them- including more time at home if that is their desire," ...

Market has priced in 'too many' rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... bps rate cuts this year, for a total of six cuts by next year." Boothe said the US economy is on good footing and improvements will flow through the start of 2025, but there are concerns inflation could rise again. "There are signs that the economy could ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... managers to reap the benefits of new technology. Asset managers are looking to AI to help them drive performance improvements, for example, summarising vast volumes of data and information to drive investment decisions, and are considering where smarter ...

ESSSuper ups admin fee cap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... cap increase by $250 p.a. "We understand the impact of this decision and haven't taken it lightly. However, the improvements and benefits provided by our new operating model enable us to continue providing the member experience we pride ourselves ...

ASIC issues warning over shoddy DDO practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... calling on product issuers to ensure their distribution practices are sound, as its latest round of surveillance found improvements are needed across the board when it comes to meeting DDO requirements. ASIC's surveillance found only a few issuers ...

MLC Life appoints two C-suite executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... advisers have long been vital for MLC Life. "An experienced industry leader like Gerard allows us to build on the improvements to our adviser experience and deliver on our promise to customers who receive the critical support of advisers. This reinforces ...

ASIC launches new AFSL portal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... and vary their licence. "ASIC is using the pilot as an opportunity to take on board any feedback to make continuous improvements to the AFSL application process and transaction flows before we go live for all AFS licence applications, scheduled for the ...

ANZ hit with $250m capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... However, despite the program being in place for several years, APRA flagged that it has yet to observe significant improvements in ANZ's non-financial risk management. APRA added that several issues in the bank's market business had occurred recently ...

ANZ staff axed over treasury bond scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... and increasing training for relevant staff. We had already strengthened our breach reporting process through system improvements."