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ASIC capability review released

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... capability, which will involve cultural change and should have a stronger focus across the organisation on enhancing the quality of its engagement with stakeholders. It's also recommended ASIC enhance its ability to measure its own effectiveness ...

Most retirees want pension support through super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... for the Age Pension can create a real cost to retirees' outcomes and entitlements, potentially decreasing their quality of life going into retirement. "What is positive is that seven out of 10 retirees want their super fund to provide more retirement ...

Competition for adviser relationships fierce: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... capabilities becoming more consistent across providers, advisers are placing an increasing focus on platform reliability and quality of service support." Meanwhile, as previously reported by Financial Standard, advice firms are planning to increase their ...

Government to review adviser professional standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... industry and Treasury will consult on improvements to the Code in 2023 following the government's response to the Quality of Advice review. Finally, on the adviser exam, Jones said he intends to ask Treasury to explore areas where delivery of the ...

ASIC working to improve breach reporting regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... communicate clear expectations for compliance with the new regime and design solutions to ensure the consistency and quality of reporting meets the policy objectives of the regime, as well as improve the efficiency of ASIC's data collection and analysis," ...

What the QAR should focus on: MLC Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
MLC Life Insurance has said the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) should focus on how to ensure Australians can access financial advice, regardless of their wealth. Ahead of Michelle Levy's draft report due later this month, MLC Life said it believes ...

FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... Services Council (FSC) has examined the government's legislative agenda for super and given a policy update on the Quality of Advice Review. Firstly, following assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones' announcement ...

Increased scale drives Diverger results

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... as an ongoing reinvestment in the business in terms of operational efficiency. "It's scale but it's also the quality of the brands and service propositions we have in the market, they're all growing well." In an effort to further increase ...

Legalsuper hires from ART, Perpetual

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... "Acknowledging continued industry commentary about scale, we firmly maintain that super funds should be judged on the quality of the member outcomes they deliver and not simply whether they are large or small," Proebstl added. "At a time of continued ...

Claim support a key skill for advisers: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... facilitate outstanding communication, and foster more than just transactional relationships, will significantly enhance the quality of their client relationships and the value of their financial advice. It suggested that empowering advisers with guidance ...