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What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... for the notion that "consultants protect funds from highly adverse performance and governance issues" as their primary response with around 40% supporting this comment." In the early years of the study this was more likely to be the third chosen comment ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Grattan's report arguing Aussies retire with enough and government should scrap increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% was "broadly consistent" with Treasury's own modelling, staff emails show. In November, Grattan said most workers ...

Climate change to erode returns: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
A report from Frontier Advisors warns the economic drag related to climate change will wipe out 0.25% of superannuation returns. This is the first time the consultancy has revised its long-term assumptions based specifically on the effects of climate ...

Vanguard pilots new robo offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Vanguard is launching a new digital-only financial planning service through Vanguard Advisors. The offering, which is being piloted, will be called Vanguard Digital Advisor and ...

Licensee faces hefty remediation bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... received non-financial remediation through reissued advice documents and fee disclosures. A ClearView spokesperson said in response to a Financial Standard enquiry that only a small percentage of files reviewed (around 5%) required compensation. "Approximately ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... import prices have been below 1% or negative since November 2018 (after rising as fast as 4.8% in July last year, in response to the US dollar's downtrend from late 2017 to early 2018). Not surprisingly, the Fed's favoured measure of inflation ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Financial Standard already said its piece several days before the European Central Bank's (ECB) September 12 meeting, concluding that: "Super Mario would want to go out with a bang (his last month in office) and do "whatever it takes" to mitigate ...

Expert hopeful ASIC understands MDA benefits

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... noted that while MDAs were a "very flexible structure" their future was uncertain given recent regulatory attention. In response, Sanders pointed out he couldn't speak for ASIC, and advised the managed accounts sector to sit tight while the corporate ...

ASIC prepares to be primary super conduct regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... monitoring the implementation of the Protecting Your Super reforms. Meanwhile, in its second update on its actions in response to the Royal Commission recommendations ASIC made it clear it is making progress on Hayne's other recommendations too. ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
There were no back-patting and self-congratulatory remarks this time from Australia's Prime Minister and Treasurer for the Australian National Accounts show that it wasn't a "wonderful set of numbers". Instead, with economic growth slowing to ...