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Research budgets shrink at UK asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... clients and that their investment decisions are not unduly influenced by third parties," FCA said in a statement. "[The improvements have] resulted in investors in UK-managed equity portfolios saving around £70m in the first six months of 2018 across ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... the legislated outcomes assessment will strengthen APRA's ongoing efforts to lift industry practices and drive improvements in the outcomes all RSE licensees deliver for their members," she said. SPS 515 will take effect on 1 January 2020. On August ...

AMP MDA constraints frustrate advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... may be lifted. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said at the time the conditions were imposed: "ASIC expects to see improvements in the standards of supervision, conduct and compliance across the financial advice industry, and the imposition of additional ...

Document leak puts NAB under the pump

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... NAB chief risk officer Shaun Dooley said the bank has been "open and transparent in acknowledging the significant improvements required to non-financial risk management and compliance, as identified in our self-assessment on culture, accountability and ...

Iress announces changes to Xplan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
Iress has made several improvements to its popular Xplan offering which should improve functionality for thousands of advisers. The changes to the advice software platform will be released on Friday. Iress says these changes followed a year of user ...

NAB names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... of experience across finance, insurance and investment with a track record of delivering important and practical improvements for customers. RBS has been through many of the same challenges which NAB now faces around culture, trust and reputation." Chronican ...

BT Panorama boosts functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... advice integration with Xplan, new adviser portfolio tools to enable account model construction and rebalancing and improvements to household reporting through the related groups capability. Corporate action participation via the digital consent functionality ...

Industry fund to increase premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... reviewed with life insurance partner TAL, formed part of the new PYS legislation. However, the super fund said it made improvements simultaneously. TPD payments will no longer be made in instalments. If a claim for TPD is approved, a member will receive ...

Industry funds consider $22bn merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... the prospect of building a fund of significant scale, enjoying widespread national membership and offering further improvements in benefits to our members over time." Tasplan had been in talks with Statewide Super and WA Super since March, but an agreement ...

Retirement income review welcomed: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
The Federal Government's pledge to review the retirement income system and the numerous proposed improvements to superannuation has been welcomed by readers polled in Financial Standard 's latest survey. More than half (53%) of the respondents applauded ...