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ASX seeks to improve investment products offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... including admission requirements and processes, product names, investment mandates, permitted investments and portfolio disclosure. It also asked stakeholders to provide feedback on management fees and costs, performance reporting, liquidity support ...

Maritime Super slapped with infringement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... obligations to provide accurate information to members." In August 2021, at ASIC's request, Maritime issued a corrective disclosure to members, confirming that some Maritime members may face higher investment fees and costs because of the investment ...

Cbus hires retirement, product governance leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... development, member experience, help, education and advice, retirement modelling, simulators and tools, marketing and disclosure, Cbus said. Sedawie has been with Cbus since 2013, having joined from ESSSuper where he was a product manager. He has also ...

Six cases brought against Westpac now finalised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... commissions having been banned. This impacted just shy of 10,000 members. Another of the cases involved inadequate fee disclosure by the Westpac, Securitor and Magnitude licensees regarding the ongoing charging of contribution fees. Over eight years ...

UK regulator introduces diversity rules for listed entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has finalised its rules for listed companies when it comes to disclosure of diversity on boards and executive committees. Under the rules, the boards of listed entities must comprise 40% women and at least one of ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
In line with heightened public attention to the challenges of climate change, patterns of ESG disclosure by superannuation fund trustees have had to evolve. A Herbert Smith Freehills report claimed Australian superannuation fund members were more interested ...

Regulators release crypto, cyber security roadmaps

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... party in conducting activities involving crypto assets. "Entities also need to ensure they comply with all conduct and disclosure regulation administered by ASIC," it said. "This will require robust conduct risk management and consideration of distribution ...

End choice dashboard delay: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... they are default products, but all superannuation products must be held to the same high standards of transparency and disclosure, without exception, because they contain Australians' retirement savings," she said. "This is not currently the case, and ...

ASIC extends relief for retirement estimates

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... class order 'Relief for providers of retirement estimates' gave conditional relief from the licensing, conduct and disclosure obligations relating to personal advice in the Corporations Act 2001 that might otherwise apply to a superannuation trustee ...

AvSuper marks strong EOI response, adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... forming a shortlist as we determine who and what will best serve our 6000 members in the years ahead," he said. As non-disclosure agreements were required to be signed, Sykes was unable to name the funds that participated or the details of their submissions. ...