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Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, an overhaul of the advice sector has become a major priority. "We are yet to see the evidence, however, of how all these regulatory changes have improved the outcomes for those ...

AUSIEX hires head of risk from BTFG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
AUSIEX has appointed a new risk and compliance expert who came from major institutions such as Westpac and Commonwealth Bank. The wholesale trading platform appointed Paul Williams as head of risk and compliance after finishing up at BT Financial Group. ...

ASX outage result of process failures, disagreement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Following an independent review on a major trading glitch last November, the Australian Securities Exchange has come out relatively unscathed. The joint investigation by ASIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia and IBM into the implementation of the Nasdaq ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... they found sustainability challenging. Australian investors are also concerned about greenwashing, with 62% citing it as a major challenge to sustainable investing. The kind of funds Aussie instos want to invest in appear to differ from their global ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... table. As they did last week. Equity markets dropped. So did bond yields and commodity prices. The US dollar rose against major currencies, except for the safe haven Japanese yen and the safe haven commodity, gold. While there was good news on Australia's ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. "Moreover, the industry is still in the process of implementing the latest round of major reforms which were legislated only last month, so creating further confusion for Australians right now is perplexing, particularly ...

Super unit boosts Equity Trustees performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Equity Trustees' major superannuation client wins in the last financial year saw the business unit more than triple its assets. The superannuation business' funds grew from $11.2 billion to $33.6 billion year on year. It now provides trustee services ...

Perpetual hires distribution lead, ramps up expansion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... and 100% of Brightsphere International, which was rebranded to Trillium Asset Management and has a UK-based ESG team. The major acquisitions saw the group's assets under management jump 246% to $98.3 billion, its full-year 2021 accounts released ...

Iress steady amid OneVue integration

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... rise and markets reopen. "The deployment of our highly competitive Automated Super Admin offer is also progressing well. A major client went life in the half with another due to go live in early 2022," he said. The company said it considers itself well ...

APRA issues guidance on lifecycle products for performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
APRA has issued guidance on how it will administer the Your Future, Your Super performance test for lifecycle MySuper options that make changes within the option or transition to a new option. The regulator has the power to make determinations on combining ...