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Super funds complacent on sustainability

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... there was increasing movement in this space, but that super funds tend to pass the buck. "They generally push the responsibility to fund managers to do the analysis and be able to tick the box to say they are looking at these issues. Some funds on the ...

FSC insurance churn action divides planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... takeover terms for policies transferred by an adviser between insurers and the establishment of a two-year adviser responsibility period. If an adviser arranges a new life insurance policy for a client within one year they would lose 100% of their commission ...

ASIC jobs cut as responsibilities rise

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... on-site surveillance searches as well as removing licenses and setting license conditions. Bird said ASIC has a huge responsibility compared to other regulators around the world, doing everything from consumer credit to licensing of liquidators. It brings ...

North platform lands new head in AMP restructure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Rob Caprioli has been named as the new head of AMP banking and wealth management products, including responsibility for the North platform. Caprioli will also manage superannuation, retirement and investment products for AMP Bank. Caprioli had been ...

Russell adviser community moves online

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... client engagement piece, a lot of them were burnt during GFC and I think smarter advisers are now not trying to take responsibility for investment returns," John Nolan, Russell's practice development manager, intermediaries told Financial Standard. "When ...

ESG failings impacting super investments

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Lagging company responsibility for environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure is not being taken seriously enough, said the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), and super funds are noticing. Over half of ASX200 companies ...

SMSF industry responsibility

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... said that while SMSFs were good vehicles, there are too many trustees going into it for the wrong reasons with responsibility soon to fall at the industry's feet. "As a total industry, it is about educating that sector. What I see in 10 years time is ...

Asteron takes on CFS FirstChoice risk offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... haven't seen the detail of the reforms, and the need for quality advice will be there, pre- and post-FOFA. Our responsibility is to make sure that the adviser gets paid for that advice somehow.

Medicare to handle compassionate super payouts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Authority (APRA) of its duties to administer the early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds, handing the responsibility to Medicare. Only around $1.5 million of super savings were released through compassionate payments in the 2010/2011 ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... Yasuyuki Toyosaki to provide strategic advice and operational support to its investment committee, with the key responsibility of developing that engagement policy with investment managers and asset consultants. "We just want our approach to ESG issues ...