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Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
The superannuation industry backs Treasury's call to retain a separate external dispute resolution body. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the group welcomed Treasury's interim report of the financial ...

Tail wags the dog in ESG regulation: PRI

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
The current structure of global capital markets is taken as a given by many regulators, who in turn aren't exerting enough influence on corporate environmental, social and governance policies, according to a new Principles for Responsible Investment ...

BMW caught on car loan failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
BMW Finance must contribute $5 million to financial literacy and consumer advocacy initiatives as part of Australia's largest consumer credit remediation program, including an enforceable undertaking accepted by ASIC. BMW Finance will provide $77 million ...

Super funds must do better digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Superannuation funds need to do more digitally in order to attract and retain members, according to Decimal chief executive Nic Pollock. Pollock said the key challenge in the industry at present is the issue of member retention; with an increasing number ...

CBA partners for agribusiness pilot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has partnered with a specialist software company in the hopes of driving adviser innovation and better collaboration in agribusiness. The partnership with Figured will see 100 CBA agribusiness clients trial Figured's ...

Netwealth partners for new private label

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Netwealth has teamed up with a boutique wealth management firm for a private label managed accounts offering. Stanford Brown is the latest group to partner with the managed accounts provider, in what Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine described ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the bank won't be embracing robo-advice any time soon. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in Sydney yesterday, Elliott told attendees that ANZ's focus moving forward is on becoming the best bank in the world ...

CBA, Westpac put spotlight on financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have launched their first Financial Inclusion Action Plans in a bid to help those experiencing financial exclusion. The FIAP program, led by Good Shepherd Microfinance in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact, EY ...

ACCC slams Macquarie and ANZ for cartel conduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is commencing proceedings against ANZ and Macquarie Bank for attempted cartel conduct. ANZ and Macquarie co-operated with the ACCC's investigation, and the parties have agreed that the court will be ...

Key demographic trends open new doors for advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The world is experiencing rapid change, creating a market driven even more by fear, so planners must work harder to understand their client's motivations and attitudes. This is the key takeout from Andrew Inwood's presentation at the 2016 FPA Congress ...