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Retirement income paper open for consultation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... saw Minister of Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer set up nine-person advisory group to help establish the scope of a retirement covenant in the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act 1993. The SIS Act already has covenants on insurance ...

Industry funds call for super shortfall reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... and unions to come together to discuss solutions," he said. The funds said the research indicates a design fault in the scope of the existing legislation, assuming the majority of Australian workers are employed in traditional, full-time employment and ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... inflation rate slowed to a one-year low of 2.3% from 2.4% in February. While the BOE predicts more tightening in the future, the scope and magnitude would be less if the slowing trend in inflation continues. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... the UK joined the EU common market. Now is a good chance to address these historical imbalances. If we get that right, the scope to grow our exports is significant. Thirdly, the EU has shown a willingness to impose impossible regulatory standards that ...

US regulator to extend fiduciary rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The financial services regulator in the United States is broadening the scope of the proposed fiduciary duty to combat conflicted investment advice and mitigate confusion around the differing standards to which different industry professionals are held. ...

Former Suncorp adviser banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... clients. The adviser in question, Gerald Grubwinkler from Queensland, failed to adequately identify the subject matter and scope of the advice sought by his clients. Additionally, Grubwinkler failed to make reasonable enquiries in the relevant circumstances ...

Insto licensees still bleeding talent

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... saw adviser numbers fall by 4.4%. A new Rainmaker report explains that the number of registered advisers in its research scope increased by 1% to 22,558. While non-aligned licensees saw 877 new advisers added to their collective roster, 656 departed ...

Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... "Consumers place more trust in the person they are dealing with than in the institution. However, there is still a lot of scope for improvement to rebuilding trust with only 66% of consumers surveyed believing staff have high ethical standards compared ...

AMP deliberately misled ASIC over ongoing fees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... based on no advice. The report also said that AMP sought to negotiate a commercial outcome with ASIC with respect to the scope of compensation payable to customers. Regan broadly agreed with the findings of the report, but argued that there had been ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... relatively new law and there is a journey here to go through." It's leaving some in the advice industry concerned that the scope of the Royal Commission's inquiry is not wide enough, leading to a Royal Commission 2.0 down the track. Robina Financial ...