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ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... improvement when it comes to handling consumer complaints in our financial system. "The Ramsay Panel Review, recent ASIC research, case studies before the Financial Services Royal Commission and our own supervisory work have all identified shortcomings ...

Advisers forgo charitable conversations: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... whilst also generating a sustainable income for annual granting distributions," Sakellaris said. Koda Capital's 2018 research of charitable activity found Australians are not as giving and are becoming less trusting of charities. About with 14% of participants ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... now trade in Australia, but not all have tickled investor appetite, with several plodding along like zombies, Rainmaker research shows. Opening Financial Standard 's annual Best Practice Forum on ETFs in Melbourne this morning, Rainmaker head of investment ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
"Annual wages in seasonally adjusted terms grew 2.3% for the third quarter in a row. The main contributors to growth over the quarter were regularly scheduled wage rises in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries ...

Aberdeen Standard hires ESG investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
Aberdeen Standard Investments recruited Local Government Super's former responsible investment lead as its ESG investment director. Bill Hartnett will relocate to London to support ASI's emerging markets and Asia-Pacific team in the newly created ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
Latest research from KPMG debunks the assumption that life expectancy is increasing when in fact it has contracted for the fourth consecutive year. After analysing the mortality of UK retirees on defined benefit plans, the KPMG 2019 Pensions Accounting ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... not taking into account the 46.3% of women working part-time.There is disagreement on this figure. Grattan Institute research from April this year said the average wage for all workers is $67,243, for all taxpayers that number drops to $58,528. The Grattan ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The 30% Club and EY have joined forces to research what it takes to be considered for an ASX 200 board position. Last year, 185 non-executive directors were appointed to ASX 200 boards with 113 of those experiencing their first board appointment. EY ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
In any war, there's bound to be those that are caught in the crossfire and others treated as collateral damage. The global stock market rout that developed as a result of the renewed "little squabble" (as Trump recently put it) between the US and ...

ASIC pushes regtech adoption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... advice in datasets; and Demonstrating the capabilities, benefits and costs of applying voice analytics and voice-to-text research and analysis to regulatory activities. "There is a real need for new regulatory approaches, which is why ASIC strongly supports ...