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Advisers filter clients via ethical lens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... told yesterday's Lifespan Financial Planning National Conference that some advisers are facing the dilemma of having to let go of clients and therefore revenue because values simply do not align. In some instances, clients were untruthful and would ...

What COVID-19 did to super brand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The government's early release of superannuation program hurt superannuation as a category brand, according to Campaign Edge creative director Dee Madigan. Taking to the stage at Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Madigan theorised that the ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... 'build back better'... different people have different ideas of what better means," she said. "They do say in politics, never let a good crisis go to waste." However, Engwerda-Smith said the "build back better" idea is something super funds are poised ...

Budget no cure for hangover from last one

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
An Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees policy expert has laid out just how much work super funds have ahead of them in dealing with the last two federal budgets. AIST head of advocacy Mel Birks updated the Conference of Major Superannuation ...

APRA extends IDII overhaul deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
APRA has given life insurers another year to have the policy contract term measure for individual disability income insurance (IDII) in full force by 1 October 2022. The prudential regulator has acknowledged the challenges life insurers are facing ...

YFYS incentive to reduce fees: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... underperformance." Hume added that if the test didn't include administration fees charged over the past eight-years it would not let those funds "off the hook" that have been consistently charging high fees. "This is a policy that has a very strong incentive ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... masterstroke of the government when a few years ago they stared down protests to introduce the 3% fee cap on accounts below $6000. Let us not forget that if you need a government sponsored fee cap to protect you from high fees, you're probably in the ...

Statewide not contesting ASIC allegations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
The $10.8 billion industry fund will not contest ASIC's March allegations against the fund regarding administration of group insurance policies. O n March 4, the corporate regulator commenced civil penalty proceedings against Statewide alleging it had ...

Former adviser cops eight-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
A former ANZ and Infocus Securities financial adviser has been banned for eight years after ASIC found evidence of forgery and falsifying documents. Lisa Lee, a Sydney-based former adviser, falsely witnessed binding nomination of beneficiary forms for ...

Value of internet search for stock markets revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... negative news, investors are less likely to mitigate their misconceptions and biases surrounding a certain stock," she said. "Let's say I believed that eating carrots could cure cancer and searched the internet to confirm this. An unrestricted search ...