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ING DIRECT pays up for "no fees" super marketing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
ING DIRECT is returning a total of $5 million to members of its superannuation fund, Living Super, and will no longer promote the product as having "no fee" after the financial services regulator raised concerns about how fees on its cash option were ...

Inappropriate advice drives disputes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 34,095 disputes in 2015-16, a 7% increase on the previous year, according to the FOS 2015-16 annual review. Of the 20,298 disputes accepted 1,141 were investments and advice disputes (5%) and 1,095 were ...

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 300 report shows that in 2015, total ...

Wingate appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Wingate Asset Management has appointed a new chief executive. Jamie Mead joins Wingate from Tyrus Capital in London, where he was a founding partner. Prior to that, he worked at US$4 billion hedge fund Deephaven Capital Management, and has also held ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Rate hike on, rate hike off. Financial markets raised their bets for a September fed funds rate lift soon after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's two-day outing at Jackson Hole (25-26 August). Her words, "Indeed, in light of the continued solid ...

Ostrava wound up, directors banned

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
The federal court in Melbourne has made orders winding up Ostrava Equities and eight other companies associated with the Ostrava financial services business. The court also banned Bradley Grimm and Vanessa Ash, who is lawyer formally employed by ASIC ...

Good financial advice a challenge: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... services and credit ASIC will focus on culture and incentives resulting in poor financial advice, irresponsible lending and mis-selling to retail investors and consumers that undermine the trust of the financial system. ASIC hopes to promote better gatekeeper ...

Lower pay offset by persistent bonuses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
Average fixed pay for chief executives in ASX100 companies has fallen by 3.3% to $1.86 million, its lowest level in almost a decade. The fall was even larger across the entire ASX200, dropping by 4.6%, with CEOs taking home an average $1.51 million ...

MySuper insurance widely misunderstood

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
A lack of understanding around aspects of insurance within MySuper could lead to big problems down the track, according to a panel discussion at the recent Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) annual conference. During a panel session entitled ...

Storm Financial investor slams court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The joint chair of the Storm Investors Consumer Action Group has criticised the Federal Court's recent ruling against Storm Financial. Seven years after going into administration, Storm Financial has been found by the court to have provided inappropriate ...