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Government boosts ASIC with $127m package

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... Steven MA1/4nchenberg also approved the new funding model, arguing that a "well-resourced regulator keeps the industry accountable and helps to underpin a healthy, stable economy. "We support the introduction of a new industry funding model for ASIC. ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... is brave enough to mandate one-third independent directors on superannuation boards then funds should at least be accountable to members for their hires via an industry-wide governance code. This view is a key theme from responses to the independent ...

Sustainalytics sets up shop in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... in the way in which they incorporate ESG risks into their investment processes and in the way they hold companies accountable for their corporate governance practices. "Given that the region continues to experience significant growth with more investors ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... other not-for-profit organisations have long had the ability to vote in directors of their choice and to hold them accountable with their voting power. "There's no reason why NFP super fund members should not have the same rights in view of the growing ...

FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... adding that the government is also willing to do more to ensure that issuers and distributors of financial products are accountable for their offerings. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) director of policy Dante De Gori welcomed the Government's ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... information about super funds' governance on their websites. The requirement is designed to make superannuation funds more accountable and transparent to the market, because they control large sums of money and is principally intended for analysts, journalists ...

TAL to invest $150 million in adviser support

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... upgrades without additional underwriting. TAL has created a website, talscommitment.com.au, to "be transparent and held accountable to our commitments," according to TAL general manager retail distribution Niall McConville. McConville added: "Life companies ...

FPA pushes for three-year opt-ins

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... it's a professional association, which is just as much about lifting standards and educating planners as holding them accountable to their respective codes of conduct. And that is different to the function of the law." Rantall added that the "ramifications ...

Advice firm acquires $1bn accountancy business

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Aura Group has acquired a majority stake in Accountable Financial Group (AFG), an accountancy firm with a focus on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and just under $1 billion in assets under advice. Aura Group managing director Calvin Ng said the acquisition ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... commercial concerns of industry funds.A It has been from this foundation that we have progressed with a transparent and accountable process that has given both Industry Fund Services and TWUSUPER the confidence to move forward with us." Industry Fund ...