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FAAA slams 'underlying issues' in CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... failings and lack of focus on what went wrong at the URF. "The establishment of the CSLR has highlighted the underlying issues with the insolvency system in Australia, where a parent company can walk away from a subsidiary and leave the resultant problems ...

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... been constrained by a cocktail of factors, including very strong population growth which has led to housing affordability issues, a slowdown in business investment, increased market concentration which has reduced competition, uncertainty around climate ...

Top superannuation policy priorities for 2025: SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... or the absence of binding death nominations, make the administration of death benefit claims difficult. To address these issues, the SMC has proposed the creation of a simple digital binding death nomination form that would eliminate the need to submit ...

AFCA completes independent review of operations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... wide-ranging outcomes in response to the report, including developing additional guidance on how it approaches further issues in complaints or excluding wholesale client complaints; strengthening consultation on the development of its approach documents ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... which was previewed earlier this week - is to allow super funds to provide basic financial advice, not to see a repeat of issues raised during the Royal Commission. Speaking to ABC radio, Jones said the problem being faced by many Australians approaching ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... prices; similarly tensions with China could escalate," Oliver said. "Political uncertainty will likely be high in Europe with issues around the French budget and another potential election and a German election in the first half; and the Australian election ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... addition, the second tranche also includes the modernised best interests duty, allowing advice on single or limited scope issues where it suits the client's needs, and removes the safe harbour steps. Revamped Statements of Advice are also included in ...

Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... Register of Relevant Interests and Duties. Deloitte said this approach "places the emphasis on directors to self-identify any issues rather than on the trustee undertaking an independent process to determine whether an individual continues to be a fit ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... was a key milestone in the implementation of the framework. In the advice space, the report revealed that service-related issues were overwhelmingly the main complaint, accounting for three times more complaints than the second most common issue. The ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... happily married," she said. And power imbalances such as financial coercion and financial dependency in relationships are issues advisers should be cognisant of. Another spot poll revealed that only 13% of advisers are "very comfortable" with discussing ...