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Life insurers admit to misconduct: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
This morning the Royal Commission heard about instances of misconduct in the life insurance industry and where conduct fell below community standards and expectations. Opening the sixth round of Royal Commission hearings, counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

Industry fund chair retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
The chair of a $2.5 billion industry superannuation fund is retiring following about 20 years as a board director. AvSuper Fund chair George Fishlock will retire at the end of January 2019, having led the fund's board since 2003. Having worked as an ...

ASIC to ramp up trustee visits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
Superannuation funds should get accustomed to leaving the front door open for ASIC as the regulator flagged it will pay trustees more periodic visits. Presenting a regulatory update at the AIST Super Investment Conference? in Cairns yesterday, ASIC ...

MLC, NULIS in court over $100m in illegitimate fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
ASIC commenced Federal Court action against MLC Nominees and NULIS today in relation to the significant advice fees charged to superannuation members despite no financial advice being provided. ASIC alleges NULIS and MLC Nominees - the current and former ...

Women missing from C-suite lineups

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Women take up less than one in five positions in the C-suites of financial services companies, even though they account for more than half of the entry-level workforce. According to new research from McKinsey & Co, women are also 24% less likely than ...

Increasing trust not up to APRA: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Regaining the trust of Australians is a responsibility for the financial services industry, not the prudential regulator. Speaking at the Annual Risk Management Association CRO conference in Sydney this week, APRA chairman Wayne Byres said the Royal ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Not-for-profit funds have been vindicated by the Royal Commission's "damning" preliminary findings into the retail super sector but can't afford to be complacent, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Kicking off ...

ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds in times of volatility, using them as a price discovery tool and to trade risk. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock Investment ...

Philanthropists must move beyond the hierarchy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
The president at one of the largest US philanthropic institutions believes there is a misnomer that philanthropists must stick to a strict hierarchy when addressing global problems. Speaking at the Philanthropy Australia National Conference this morning ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
Integrity Life continues its expansion trajectory with the appointment of two senior roles and a non-executive director. Integrity announced Mark McCrea is the new operations manager and Jacqueline Little takes on the head of product role. Joining from ...