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ASIC to ramp up trustee visits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... consumer testing and shadow shopping, particularly as the new Superannuation Consumers' Centre gets up and running. While it's easy to get caught up in the fact that the Royal Commission focused more on retail super funds, Eccleston reminded all trustees ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... Bureau's numbers on "International Trade in Goods" as "fake stats". It refutes his claim in March that "trade wars are good, and easy to win." The report shows America's balance of trade in goods increased to a larger-than-expected US$72.2 billion ...

MetLife partners with industry fund for digital tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... permanent disability, they're usually unable to work, and may be eligible for income protection as well. By making it quick and easy to claim for both simultaneously, our digital platform significantly reduces time, effort, and stress for the claimant ...

Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... the RSE of the Mercer Super Trust and three other superannuation funds, fell below community standards by not "making it easy" for members to find out about lower fee MySuper products in light of the reforms. The issue was subsequently investigated by ...

Suncorp suppressed tax benefits to super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... assets. In FY16, that amounted to 0.92%. Yesterday, the commission heard NAB Wealth failed to make its plan service fee issue easy to solve. Hostplus chief executive David Elia will appear before the Commission following Suncorp.

NAB complicated plan service fee issue: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
NAB Wealth failed to make its plan service fee issue easy to solve, the Royal Commission heard today. Counsel assisting Michael Hodge suggested to NAB chief customer officer and former group executive of NAB Wealth Andrew Hagger that the bank's ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... an eventual downturn in Turkey's economic growth as a consequence of very high interest rates. It would have been so easy to ignore the developing crisis in Turkey were it not for the problem of contagion. News reports reveal that some banks in France ...

Janus Henderson names sole chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... chief executive of the former while Formica led the latter. Janus Henderson said the decision to appoint Weil was not an easy one but that its co-chief executive structure had served its purpose. "This decision was made with the full support of the board ...

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... talent is difficult. "Group is a niche environment. You have to find right people to do the right pricing, it is not always easy to find those people," she said. Carey and Phillips spoke at a panel discussing group insurance at the FSC Summit last week. ...

Super enters new digital advice realm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... fund. Link Advice chief executive Duncan McPherson said the new tool would provide members of Link's client funds with easy-to-understand advice delivered personally and in a familiar manner. "This latest upgrade brings a human element to digital ...