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Senate recommends immediate adviser bans following "bitter harvest"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... to financial advisers, the report said that there were "horrifying deficiencies in the way some advisers adhered to the basic requirements to know their client, the product they were recommending and to have a reasonable basis for their advice... [and ...

New how-to guide for ESG reporting

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... 200 companies currently fail to provide meaningful information on sustainability factors and a further 17% provide only basic information. In turn the groups have updated their joint guide for Australian companies on how to identify and report environmental ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
BetaSmartz, a new robo-advice platform aimed at both institutional and retail investors, has launched today. The platform uses algorithms based on 60 years of academic research to create portfolios that equal the performance and sophistication of those ...

"More focused" NAB lifts profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
An 8% rise in quarterly cash earnings saw National Australia Bank (NAB) post cash profit to $1.5 billion for the December quarter. Total cash earnings for the period stood at $1.7 billion owing to increased margins and a halving of bad debts. "Our performance ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... stock/bond correlation, importance of the "FX factor" and reduced market liquidity. "We have centred our 2016 outlook on the basic assumption that global growth proceeds along PIMCO's central case of around 2.5% accompanied by a modest uptick in inflation ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... chosen the directors they believe will represent their best interests," Burrell said. "Good fund governance starts with the basic principle that members must have a voice. Yet at the moment, members of most funds have no say in who represents their interests. ...

IQ Group appoints principal consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... promotion, Barrie added, "This promotion gives me the scope to expand my winning formula for ensuring our teams perform beyond basic account management responsibilities to build long lasting relationships with customer organisations. "We bring together ...

IOOF $20bn custody review selects BNP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
IOOF has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services after consolidating its custodians from three to one. BNP will now provide custody, master custody, middle-office and compliance services for IOOF; previously, these responsibilities were also distributed ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Many pension funds and insurance companies around the world are staring insolvency in the face unless they adopt measures that address an imbalance between assets and liabilities. This is the view of OECD director financial and enterprise affairs, and ...

Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... opposition by Labor and the Greens. Other amendments made in the past that will remain in the bill include the treatment of basic insurance products and non-cash payments consistently with other simple and well-understood financial products. Sections ...