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Funds management not up to scratch: ASIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
The funds management industry has demonstrated broad commitment to its legal obligations but is still falling short in a number of areas. In a report issued yesterday, ASIC found that responsible entities operating managed funds on behalf of retail ...

Default super must protect member interests: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
A survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) found a majority (91%) of Australian employees want profits to be reinvested back in their superannuation fund rather than distributed to other stakeholders. AIST chief ...

ASIC launches LIF instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
ASIC launched a new instrument cementing the maximum amount of fees and ongoing commissions advisers can charge on life insurance products as part of industry-wide reforms. The Life Insurance Commissions Instrument will cap advisers' commissions and ...

Financial advice cannot be a quick-fix: Stackpool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Australians are still perplexed by financial advice and its increased accessibility and affordability through technology - and big data isn't helping. Certainty Advice Group believes making financial advice more affordable, accessible and convenient ...

Advisers doubtful over super home deposit scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... outside of the scheme are needed. Conversely, for younger people wanting to save up for their first home, the scheme is an incentive for them to engage with their superannuation, she added.

Macron won't stop populist tide: William Blair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... constituencies, and differing objectives," he said. "But where geopolitics differs from markets is that each player has a mutual incentive to deliberately increase risk and create uncertainty that otherwise wouldn't exist. They want to issue bluffs and ...

Praemium chief executive takes back company

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
The chief executive terminated from Praemium in February has returned to his position following Friday's board spill. Michael Ohanessian was re-appointed as Praemium chief executive, replacing interim chief and former Bankwest managing director Robert ...

No 'Plan B' for Brexit "twist and turns"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
There were no surprises at the Bank of England's (BOE) 11 May decision to keep the Bank Rate where it was since August 2016, when it was lowered from 0.5% to 0.25% to contain the fallout from the 'Brexit' vote of the previous month - a decision that's ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... pressure on the age pension," De Gori said. Likewise, De Gori said the $300,000 non-concessional super contribution incentive for over-65s to downsize in retirement doesn't go far enough. "We support this initiative, however these changes add to the ...

Banks must overhaul product-based incentives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... mortgage brokers and sellers, to no longer receive incentives based directly or solely on sales performance. Personal incentive payments should not be dominated by sales, rather assessed on an individual's contribution across a range of measures, said ...