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Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Australia has come dead last in a study of portfolio disclosure standards across 29 countries. The Morningstar Global Fund Investor Experience Report assesses managed fund investor experiences in 25 countries (expanded to 29 for the published article) ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... advocacy group Choice where she created the Superannuation Consumers' Centre. Mack also holds directorships with Food Standards Australia and New Zealand and the Travel Compensation Fund.A She previously held directorships with the Financial Ombudsman ...

CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... executive of CPA Australia Advice. "We see it as critical that our new company has the same culture and professional standards that are the cornerstones of CPA Australia, which includes a fundamental objective to act in the public interest," he added. ...

AustralianSuper backs CFA Code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... AustralianSuper believes the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct underpins the minimum standards within the super fund's investment agreements. As the discussion continues about lifting the professional, ethical ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Melbourne." Fraser joined the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which recently reviewed bank lending standards for property investors and last December warned lenders not to increase investor loans by more than 10% a year. But the precautions ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... (APRA), reported in Financial Standard, concerning the regulator's strategies to deal with risk and business management standards in the life and risk industry. APRA highlighted group insurance as the primary culprit, with issues in the sector driven ...

Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... submission to the federal government for the parliamentary joint committee on lifting professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Vilo reportedly said Asteron has created an adviser remuneration modelling tool, allowing ...

SuperStream deadline nearing for employers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... introducing a common standard for making payments that is completed electronically. ATO national program manager data standards and e-commerce, Philip Hind, said the ATO is seeing "significant progress in employers changing the way they make super contributions." ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
Corporate super representative group CSSA is calling on the industry funds movement to apply its standards of financial planning in the superannuation sector. Recently the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption announced it was ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
With minimum education standards surely now set to rise in the financial planning industry, the Financial Standard team has asked experts to outline what the new rules might look like and the possible routes advisers can take. What qualities will the ...