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Perpetual explores split following review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
Perpetual will explore separating its corporate trust and wealth management businesses, aiming to create a more focused asset management business. According to the firm, the separation, currently being assessed by the board, will unlock additional value ...

Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... superannuation trustees to offer members targeted help, guidance, and advice (HGA) on issues outlined in the Retirement Income Review (RIC). The Actuaries Institute dialogue paper, Retirement matters, explained that such a framework would include support ...

Don't abandon 60/40: J.P Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... serve as a sound compass to help guide us through different scenarios as the world transitions. "They help identify new and review existing investment opportunities unique to each client's long-term goals - considering risk/reward and growth objectives," ...

FCA mulls capital requirements for firms giving bad advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... groups, following over 250 responses to earlier consultations on Consumer Investment Markets and the Compensation Framework Review. It anticipates releasing forthcoming steps in its joint review of the Advice Guidance Boundary, conducted in collaboration ...

OnePath cops $5m fine over fees for no service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... to customers. Mercer admitted that, between July 2016 and June 2019, it failed to invite more than 800 clients to annual review meetings when they were entitled to attend; failed to provide fee disclosure statements to more than 500 clients; issued over ...

On-platform TDPs miss performance test benchmarks, worst on fees: APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
APRA has released new insights into superannuation product performance, revealing that most on-platform trustee directed products (TDPs) underperform their benchmark and exhibit higher administration fees. The prudential regulator's analysis based on ...

British banker to become RBA deputy governor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... talented staff of the RBA to serve the Australian people, and to help make a reality of the recommendations of the RBA Review," he said. Hauser's appointment comes as the government plans to reform and modernize the RBA, including the introduction of ...

Commonwealth Super Corp selects Challenger for retirement products

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... Challenger, Australia's largest provider of annuities," CSC chief executive Damian Hill said. "CSC has undertaken a detailed review of the options and providers available to help our customers address longevity in retirement, and Challenger is our selected ...

New bill to strip treasurer of RBA monetary policy veto powers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... introduction of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023. The bill will enact recommendations from the RBA Review released in April and is the culmination of months-long discussions with the central bank and Opposition. In addition ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... show the average sum of insured individual policies of lump sum death cover - excluding group cover - is about $714,000. A review of the moratorium by Monash University, conducted at the request of Treasury, raised several concerns about the use and ...