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NZ Super Fund hires from ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... "The asset Allocation team is responsible for the key investment decisions in the fund, including the design of the reference portfolio as well as the allocation of active risk across the fund," Hyde said. "We're pleased to be able to attract someone ...

UBS Australia could be banned from Papua New Guinea

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... offshore loan from UBS Australia of US$1.3 billion. The Royal Commission has accused UBS of overcharging PNG. The terms of reference for the commission also outline a series of conflicts of interests regarding the loan. During the Royal Commission, UBS ...

Boys' clubs cost companies: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
A new study from Realindex has revealed that higher female executive participation improves company performance, while creating potential returns for investors. Based on a global data set of 2500 large cap companies in 30 countries, tracking performance ...

Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... are also concerned certain trading patterns in retail markets are magnifying losses. The consultation paper includes reference to the inflation of US retail company GameStop's share price after a social media campaign to pump up the stock succeeded ...

Mixed reviews for advice industry reviewer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... reducing the cost of regulatory compliance." In announcing the appointment, Hume also released the QAR's final terms of reference, which propose the idea of replacing rules-based regulation with principles-based regulation "to allow the law to better ...

Legal expert to lead QAR

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... reins in leading the Quality of Advice Review, Senator Jane Hume announced this afternoon, adding that the terms of reference have also been finalised. Allens partner Michelle Levy, a specialist in financial services, life insurance and superannuation ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... Peter Burgess said. "It's very interesting and I suspect many of the findings from this research will be a point of reference for SMSF advisors and trustees for many years to come."

AFA responds to Quality of Advice Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... review will listen to the voices of clients and overhaul the advice process. In its submission to the draft terms of reference for the Quality of Advice Review, the AFA is calling for redundant steps in the advice process to be removed and to have a ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... laws and exemptions that allow commissions and conflicted remuneration in insurance. However, Newton said the terms of reference then say nothing about these issues and make no reference to conflicted remuneration. "Inexplicably, the draft terms of reference ...

Quality of Advice must consider digital: Ignition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... Andrew Baker has argued the government's Quality of Financial Advice Review must consider digital advice. In the terms of reference for the Quality of Advice Review, Treasury said it will "consider how the regulatory framework could better enable the ...