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ANZ faces mis-selling allegations in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
The Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales has allowed a case against ANZ and OnePath for mis-selling a life insurance product to proceed. Charles and Judith Cairns, New Zealand citizens ...

AFSL cancelled for Sydney firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a Sydney based financial planning firm for failing to meet a number of key obligations. ASIC cancelled Etern Wisdom's AFSL on 6 June 2016 after ASIC discovered the firm had failed ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
'Brexit', the worry du jour and the epic horror movie of our time that's coming soon, very soon to a theatre near us. With only four sleeps to go before the Brits vote to leave or remain in the European Union this coming Thursday (23 June), the UK remains ...

Aspen Group CEO, CFO and chair depart in restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
The chief executive, chief financial officer and chair of listed property investment firm Aspen Group will leave the company following a planned management restructure. In an ASX statement, Aspen's board said that the group's strategy "can best be pursued ...

Family office administration wasted on inefficient reporting: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... suggested cutting back on useless information: "Take time to engage with the owners and beneficiaries of the family office to discover what outputs they truly want from financial information. Broadly speaking, owners want to know: What do I have? How ...

Aussies unsure about super contributions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
More than 70% of Australians don't know the superannuation guarantee rate, highlighting a difficulty in producing comfortable retirements as people are unaware of what they're contributing in the lead up. Sunsuper's 2016 Australian Employee Insights ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
He holds one of the first doctorates of superannuation in Australia and has developed some of the country's most innovative retirement ideas and products. Darren Snyder discovers what really drives industry veteran and Mercer senior partner David Knox. ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... operating with best practice and in the most efficient manner, but the reality is that like with most institutions you will discover opportunities for improvement. "Simply giving more money to the regulator won't solve this issue. Sure, financial watchdogs ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Nikko Asset Management Australia's fixed income team has been awarded its first Japanese institutional mandate, effective this month. The fund manager said the new partnership, which sees Nikko AM manage a tailored Australian fixed income solution for ...

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... and/or declining prices have become the norm, headlines like these are sure to catch attention as it did mine... until you discover that Britain's headline inflation rate a year ago was a whopping 0.3%. We all know what this means, the correspondence ...