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FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... than 600-page long Retirement Income Review. The review didn't make recommendations, but provided the first comprehensive look at what is and isn't working in Australia's retirement system. Wells Fargo sets sights on Aussie super Wells Fargo ...

NAB wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... Australian and New Zealand markets and global investment opportunities through our strategic partnerships. We have a comprehensive and local knowledge of the ever-changing regulatory and industry landscape." Suncorp outsourced its entire custody and ...

Advisers should service cashed-up investors: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
A comprehensive study of the UK's retail financial advice industry found that while it is slowly improving, a large gap exists to service consumers sitting on piles of cash. One of the key takeaways from The Financial Advice Market Review, conducted ...

QSuper bets on new retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... for simple regulated products akin to MySuper products. The federal government is aiming to create a framework for Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs). Such products will meet minimum standards and provide higher income than an account-based ...

APRA takes action against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... in risk management and oversight, risk control frameworks and risk culture, the regulator said. APRA now requires comprehensive reviews by independent third parties of Westpac's compliance with APRA's liquidity reporting requirements and the remediation ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and PSP Investments have called on companies and investors to provide consistent and comprehensive reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Commenting, PwC's Skills for Australia said: "This qualification reflects the role of paraplanners who provide a comprehensive range of financial planning services across a variety of product environments, including those involving complex issues ...

Confusion over retirement income objectives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... growing chorus of industry stakeholders agree that the retirement income system lacks a clear objective, but the comprehensive government review found the industry cannot agree on what that should be. The Retirement Income Review report found the role ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The first comprehensive review of Australia's retirement system has acknowledged that affordable financial advice is what people need to navigate the retirement system. After the Royal Commission exposed deep flaws in Australia's financial advice ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... tonight. Key points are expected to be the government's position on the planned SG increase decision, status of comprehensive income products for retirement (CIPRs) and legislation for the revamped heat maps test announced at the budget. Grattan ...