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ASIC prepares advisers for DDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
ASIC is urging financial advisers to be well prepared for the new Design and Distribution Obligations regime, warning that there should be no surprises when it kicks into gear on October 5. The corporate regulator said it will take a "reasonable approach" ...

APRA intensifies scrutiny of underperformers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... Smith said that the performance test calculations were provided to super funds and that "the information won't be a surprise to them". Many in the industry assumed that super funds that failed the annual APRA heat map test were sure to fail the performance ...

Occupational exclusions under scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Occupational exclusions in group insurance are under the microscope as the federal government reviews their fairness and appropriateness. Senator Jane Hume has opened consultations for the review until October 14, aiming to find solutions to problems ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... with reforms like Your Future Your Super and other regulatory and industry pressures like super fund mergers, it's no surprise that more than half of respondents (51%) claim their primary driver to invest sustainably is due to pressure from members ...

Super fee squeeze continues

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... 60% decreased ICR (up from 40% last quarter). Dunnin said the 16 products increasing their fee during the period were a surprise. "In today's superannuation policy environment, trustees that increase their fees are brave indeed and should expect a lot ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... inflation since this index began nearly 22 years ago." It's only in Japan where the PMI survey showed weaker inflation (surprise, surprise). The question now is whether or not these are only transient inflationary pressures - as proclaimed by most ...

The secret to looking good in the media: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The Comms Department managing director Bec Brown explained that one of the worst mistakes financial services companies and super funds can make when it comes to media relations is having a fear of journalists. "You will still hear examples of company ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... from 15 in March and 10 in April. With business conditions like these, the jump in business confidence hardly comes as a surprise. Business confidence surged to a record high reading of 26 in April from the already above long term average readings of ...

Pengana appoints manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... Pengana International Fund - Ethical Opportunity. The two manager changes follow J ordan Cvetanovski and Steven Glass's surprise walkout from the business in March. The duo co-founded Pengana's international equities business in 2015 left the firm ...

Pengana appoints manager for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... has appointed a US-based fund manager to its global equities assets, after Jordan Cvetanovski and Steven Glass's surprise walkout in March. Connecticut-based Axiom Investors will manage the two funds: Pengana International Ethical Fund and Pengana ...