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Open banking accreditation now open

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
The ACCC has today launched its Consumer Data Right Register and Accreditation Application Platform (RAAP), set to be the "IT backbone" of open banking in Australia. Consumer Data Right gives consumers greater access and control over their data, allowing ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
In a new report, the Finance Sector Union has delved into how the industry's "capitalist ethics" violate the ethical integrity of workers. The report was commissioned by the FSU and completed by the Religion and Social Policy Network of the University ...

MetLife Australia partners with Foodbank

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
The life insurer and its philanthropic foundation will partner with Foodbank to provide 186,000 meals to Australians from July this year to next summer as COVID-19 increases the demand for food relief. MetLife Australia and MetLife Foundation's donation ...

APRA urged to probe industry funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has written to APRA chair Wayne Byres urging the regulator to conduct an investigation into vertical integration at industry super funds and related conflicts of interest. Wilson, who chairs the House of Representatives' Standing ...

Adviser banned for five years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
A financial adviser who cycled through seven AFSLs in nine years has been banned after ASIC found he provided poor SMSF advice and based insurance advice on the commission he'd receive. The five-year ban follows ASIC surveillance of advice provided ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
Rice Warner founder Michael Rice has warned the superannuation industry to prepare for the government using the system as a means of repaying its stimulus debt, saying super won't be as sacred as it has been in the past. Rice has warned the superannuation ...

Create coalitions for change: Martin Currie

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The $20 billion equity specialist has called on asset managers to create "coalitions" to drive change; developing constructive relationships with companies for a more sustainable future. Martin Currie chief executive Julian Ide highlighted the value ...

Retirement income covenant delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The government is delaying the introduction of the retirement income covenant, due to the impact of COVID-19. Originally slated for introduction on July 1, the retirement income covenant has been delayed, with the government not yet in a position to ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
QSuper will take the management of its social responsible investment option in house and has changed the definition of pandemic illness. AMP Capital will no longer manage QSuper's socially responsible investment option as of 1 July 2020. "This change ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...