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Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... principles-based approach to designing a retirement income strategy and framework." Garcia said regardless of AIST's views, scrutiny of superannuation fees was not going away and the industry must communicate that value is the key criteria, not the level ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... exemption and changed the structure of his Quantum business from a hedge fund to a family office. In doing so he escaped the scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Brown thinks the move has opened the floodgates and other managers will follow. ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The maturity of Australia's superannuation system is under scrutiny and industry representatives have weighed in on how super will progress from its relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial ...

IOOF chair calls for ASIC funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... so the regulator can handle whistleblowers more efficiently. Speaking at the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of financial advice hearing in Sydney, Sexton defended his delayed response to whistleblower reports about IOOF head of research ...

Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... compensation to 57 customers of its authorised financial planners during the past two years. The Senate Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry continues and the Committee is expected to keep looking at allegations regarding IOOF.

IOOF execs asked to face Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... spokesperson for Nationals' Senator John Williams told Financial Standard. The hearing would fall under the Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, which has previously grilled executives from ANZ, National Australia Bank (NAB), Macquarie ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... References Committee inquiry into the Performance of ASIC and notes the ongoing work of it successor, the inquiry into Scrutiny of Financial Advice. "Labor is concerned by continued reports of alleged misconduct by financial advisers that see Australian ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... improve professional standards for financial advisers at the end of June. Specific reforms rumoured to be under Government scrutiny are reductions in upfront commissions, regulatory measures to combat insurance "policy churn", improved adviser education ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... offered by 235 super funds and master trusts. The report suggests this has come about because insurers are "placing greater scrutiny on policies held by larger clients and repricing them more rigorously," following their (and APRA's) warnings that significant ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... portfolio disclosure is more than just a regulatory requirement. It improves the industry. "Portfolio disclosure, and the scrutiny that comes with it, underpins the efficacy of the market, lifting investor confidence and helping attract capital from ...