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Top advisers champions in two key areas: Iress

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... "ripe for industry-wide improvement" to drive efficiencies. The Advisely Index Report revealed top Australian advice practices serve 40% more clients than their peers in a competitive landscape where demand for advice is growing. However, although demand ...

ASIC flags 'consistently weak' claims processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... super trustees to ensure they are processing death benefit claims efficiently, saying it has seen "consistently weak" practices and "operational failures." ASIC has put super funds on notice, writing to chief executives to express its concerns over death ...

Chalmers unveils new superannuation reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... retirement outcomes reporting framework will also commence in 2027. There will also be voluntary principles and best practices for retirement product design. "These principles will guide the superannuation industry in designing modern, high quality retirement ...

AustralianSuper well placed to achieve mega-scale ambitions: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... private equity, real assets, and other opportunities. Liquidity and capacity concerns overall are alleviated through sound practices in liquidity management, valuations governance, and regular stress-testing," it said. And while the fund's growth ambitions ...

FAAA moves to combat adviser shortage with new partnership

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... from India in their transition to Australia through networking opportunities with financial services firms, planning practices, and superannuation trustees. Moreover, it will open the door for Indian professionals to attain professional year placements. ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... merger law reform, the ACCC have also continued to advocate for the introduction of a prohibition on unfair trading practices. Cass-Gottlieb said those reforms are essential for protecting consumers and small businesses from conduct that currently falls ...

ANZ suspected of more mistakes amid bond saga

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has also increased the capital penalty over ANZ's non-financial risk management practices. APRA chair John Lonsdale said ANZ is "financially sound" but remains prone to managing non-financial risk. "Of the major ...

Non-bank lender sued for dodging Credit Code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... more likely to be at risk of serious financial hardship. ASIC will continue to take action where we consider business practices are designed to avoid consumer credit protections." In August, a spokesperson for ASIC confirmed to the AFR that Oak Capital ...

MUFG brings Proxymity to Australian clients

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... communication between our clients and their institutional investors," McKenna said. "This partnership aligns us with global best practices through increased transparency and efficiency, empowering our clients to navigate meeting complexities with greater ...

$3.5tn wealth transfer scares Aussie advisers: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... paired with the quality of advice review, and the digital advice revolution could change how advisers operate their practices in unpredictable ways," Watson said. "What's clear is that Aussies still need an adviser now more than ever, and keeping the ...