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International equities rule Aussie ETFs: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
International equities dominated exchange-traded fund cash flows in 2018, according to Vanguard. Citing latest ASX figures, Vanguard said cash flows into international equities ETFs dominated in 2018, with more than $3.1 billion flowing into international ...

APRA, ASIC welcome Productivity Commission's superannuation report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The regulators overseeing financial services in Australia have welcomed the Productivity Commission's recommendations to grant them additional powers. After they were blasted in the Productivity Commission's final report into the efficiency and competitiveness ...

Game over for grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
As far as the Productivity Commission is concerned, grandfathered commissions are dead in the water. In its final report the commission states that the time for transition is over; "the commission supports a full ban of all commissions on superannuation ...

Platform fee disclosures overlooked: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Industry Super Australia welcomed ASIC's proposed fee transparency disclosure changes but pointed out that several areas fell short and failed to address ongoing issues. In response to Consultation Paper 308, ISA said one of Darren McShane's ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
ASIC and APRA both scored scathing assessments in the Productivity Commission's superannuation report. The regulators sharing responsibility for the oversight of Australia's finance system copped a grilling in the Commission's final report ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Major industry associations collectively agree that the Productivity Commission's final report reaffirms the strength of superannuation, but member advocates say the findings are wake up call to fix a broken system. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland ...

Simpler fee disclosure on ASIC agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Under new proposed changes by the corporate regulator, consumers will be able to compare superannuation funds and investment products more easily. ASIC released its response to Report 581, an independent review conducted by regulatory expert Darren ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Latest figures from research group Strategic Insights show mixed results for the country's largest insurers. Overall, the life insurance sector grew steadily by 1.7% year-on-year and reached $16.5 billion. However, it was a mixed result for the ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
The accounts of about 11,000 AustralianSuper members have been the target of a security breach. Australia's largest superannuation fund, with about 2.2 million members, said it has detected the "unauthorised access," which occurred earlier this ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce spoke to Financial Standard earlier this month about market opportunities, building the fund's in-house investment team and CIPRs. Pearce said the fund doesn't particularly see a need to pull back ...