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Industry wide pay cut for boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The Governance Institute released results of its Australian Board Remuneration Survey, finding remuneration is up for board chairs and directors across the country - except in the finance and insurance sectors. Board members in finance and insurance ...

Managed Account Awards finalists revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) has announced the finalists of the 2019 Managed Account Awards. The awards cover single sector asset classes and multi-asset class programs with a range of risk profiles or other goal based objectives. ...

Compulsory super detrimental: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
Compulsory superannuation is detrimental to many people and a voluntary super system would provide greater benefit, according to new research. The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) believes voluntary super would be superior to the current compulsory ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
"Annual wages in seasonally adjusted terms grew 2.3% for the third quarter in a row. The main contributors to growth over the quarter were regularly scheduled wage rises in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries ...

No single solution for advice: CFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
CFA Societies Australia believes Australia's financial advice industry needs a series of policy reforms and changes to rebuild trust. Together with the CFA Institute, CFA Societies Australia released policy recommendations in response to the Royal ...

Name and shame super sectors: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees wants Australian Financial Complaints Authority to report which superannuation sectors are most complained about. In a submission to AFCA's consultation paper on proposed arrangements for comparative ...

Industry welcomes tax cuts and surplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Personal tax cuts and the $7.1 billion estimated surplus announced were the main highlights of this year's Budget, Financial Standard 's latest straw poll shows. More than a third or 35% of participants highly favoured the tax cut proposals ...

Fee for no service on APRA and ASIC radar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
APRA and ASIC issued a joint letter warning superannuation funds and financial advisers that they will take a tougher approach to ensuring the fee for no service debacle is not repeated. The regulators are taking a more stringent stance on financial ...

Poor governance spurs calls for directorship caps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
Governance experts are questioning how directors of multiple boards fulfil their duties and drive sustainable performance. Appearing at the Financial Executive Women Leadership Conference in Sydney last month, BMFS Consulting managing director Sarah ...

Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
The 2019-20 Federal Budget's subdued approach has received a similar welcome from the wealth industry. The big players are neither up in arms nor full of praise for the Budget, which was headlined by personal tax cuts and a $7.1 billion surplus ...