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Don't over-interpret OECD super fee figures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... system is cheap or not. Dunnin's comments come after the OECD published it's Pension Markets in Focus report at the end of October, which used APRA figures to declare Australian super members are charged just 0.5% of total assets in fees or commissions ...

CommInsure cops $700k hawking fine

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... The penalty relates to sales of a product called Simple Life conducted by Aegon Insights on behalf of CommInsure between October and December 2014, when it ceased all outbound telemarketing of life insurance," a Commonwealth Bank spokesperson said. "We're ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... finger on monetary policy. Over the past many months, the BOJ has done nothing and it kept policy unchanged at it's October meeting only hours after the US Federal Reserve cut the Fed Funds Rate for a third time in October, following its July and ...

FASEA chief to provide update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... financial planners have the opportunity to hear direct from FASEA since their Code of Ethics guidance was released in October." With only a matter of weeks until the FASEA Code of Ethics comes into action, Glenfield is expected to provide an update. ...

ASIC outlines Code of Ethics expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... of applications for ASIC approval of a compliance scheme. FASEA issued guidance about the interpretation of the code in October this year after its release in February. "FASEA is currently consulting about the guidance. The new single disciplinary body ...

Retail fund swaps out K2

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... terminate the investment option, and switch members into Schroder Australian Equity investment option," AMP told members in an October update. The K2 fund's assets dipped by more than $100 million in the year to June end when it had about $132 million ...

Boutique portfolio manager to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... long notice period, the capability of Biddle and Byres but also Byres' limited portfolio management experience. In October last year, Celeste bought back a stake in the business previously owned by Pacific Current Group, taking the firm's equity ...

Life risk insurance not profitable: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... payments across the industry are perhaps the greatest we have seen in a generation." Blight-Johnston - who joined the firm in October following stints at Challenger and AMP, including more than two years as head of the wealth manager's insurance ...

MLC hires from Perpetual Private

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... September end. Perpetual Private has handed over his responsibilities to current head of investment research, Kyle Lidbury. On October 1, NAB Asset Management was rebranded to MLC Asset Management.

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... varies based on market movements and investment decisions. "Illustrating the level of variability, at the time of writing (October 2019) we estimate our exposure to be around 9%," the report said. "Exposure changes over 2018 included increasing holdings ...