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Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... ethical advice to clients. This included the establishment of a conflicts oversight and governance committee, a 'rapid review' to ensure engagements were not in conflict of each other and an internal client acceptance, conflicts and relation review that ...

Labor vows to review YFYS test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
Appearing at an industry conference yesterday, the shadow minister for financial services and superannuation vowed to review the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test if elected, citing "unintended and negative consequences" for ESG investing. ...

Alphinity lowers global equities fund fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... Sustainable Fund will be reduced from 1.00% to 0.75%, inclusive of GST and net of RITC. The decision to reduce the fees follows a review by Alphinity and Fidante, the responsible entity. Performance fees will remain the same, Alphinity said. "Both Alphinity ...

28% of super products rated AAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
Out of more than 700 superannuation products in Australia, 193 received Rainmaker Information's AAA Quality Rating in 2022. The rating reviews Australian super products, to see if they have passed a range of comprehensive benchmarks and best practice ...

Morrison government names new chair of Foreign Investment Review Board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
Bruce Miller has been appointed as chair of the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) for a five-year period. Miller has spent over 30 years of his career in the Australian government, covering senior positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs ...

ASIC pushes super governance improvements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... management arrangements in place that are continually reviewed and tested to ensure they remain appropriate." ASIC completed its review of a range of transactions that occurred during market volatility in 2020 in which directors, senior executives or ...

ASIC takes Federal Court action against Macquarie Bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... declarations, pecuniary penalties and other relief from the Court. This included a compliance order for an independent review of Macquarie's fee authorities and fee transactions using its bulk transaction system. In a statement, Macquarie Group detailed ...

Superhero to offer Qantas points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... emerging concerns coinciding with the unprecedented surge in retail trading, particularly by new investors. Part of what the review is concerned about is examined the driving forces underpinning conduct such as increased gamification, widespread self-directed ...

Super fund restructures, adds new roles

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... rethinking and reinventing how we serve our members better," Proebstl said. He added that legalsuper is currently undertaking a review of its insurance benefit design and benchmarking of services delivered by Link Group as its administrator. He said ...

Investment Trends, Finura Group partner

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... of increasing importance for advisers, as evidenced by the 2021 Adviser Technology Needs Report. Providing an in-depth review of recent developments in the Australian advice technology space, including a benchmark of functionality offered by established ...