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Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Challenger has launched a new tool to help retirees and pre-retirees better understand the financial realities of retirement. The annuity provider has today launched Retire with Confidence, a tool designed to help retirees understand how long their ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a new partner to its financial services regulatory practice. Charlotte Henry joins the firm May 18 and will focus on advising clients in regards to Australian banking regulatory matters alongside partners Michael ...

Realigning remuneration expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Incentives could be 30-40% lower in 2020 owing to COVID-19 and underperforming investment products, according to a new compensation report covering asset management, insurance and sales. This year is "unusually important" for salaries as the trifecta ...

Morningstar downgrades two Vanguard funds to neutral

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... minimum of $5000 and fees of 75bps. The high-yield fund found itself pitted against its ETF version in the latest ratings review. "This unlisted vehicle is far more expensive than comparable exchange-traded offerings, including Vanguard's listed ...

Industry funds revise ERS modelling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... said. A fortnight after ASIC's letter landed at ISA, the peak body responded to the corporate regulator, and said that upon review of its calculator it had decided to make changes to the assumptions used in its ERS modelling and the calculators on its ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
The chief compliance officer of the ASX has revealed the stock exchange is continuing to focus on advisers gouging fees during the COVID-19 crisis, and revealed the several consultations it has on the horizon. Speaking over the phone for the Governance ...

Suncorp wealth head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... shareholders on the impact of COVID-19 on its operations and revealed the preliminary results of a pay and leave entitlements review it flagged in a six month account review late last year. So far, the probe has uncovered inconsistencies in Suncorp's ...

Government delays RC implementation timeline

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
The government has deferred the implementation of Royal Commission recommendations by six months. The amended timetable sees measures the government was committed to deliver by June 30 set to arrive by December, and measures scheduled for December now ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
During the AMP annual general meeting chair David Murray defended the pay packet chief executive Francesco De Ferrari and the board continue to take home despite the company's woes. The 2019 AMP remuneration report was rejected by shareholders. ...

ERS paused as AFP investigates fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... million people, over $10 billion of early release of super. "But out of an abundance of caution, we will undertake a further review, just to make sure there's nothing more that the ATO can do to help tax payers and to help Australians keep their identity ...