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ASIC called out over super fund disclosures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... to Twitter, Cooper said: "How many free kicks can the super industry get? This was, I might remind everyone, first recommended in mid-2010 after a very compelling submission...pointing out how Australia lagged behind many other comparable jurisdictions ...

ASIC wins appeal against Westpac companies

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... the Corporations Act in 14 of 15 customer phone calls by implying the rollover of super funds into a BT account was recommended. This came about through a "quality monitoring framework" where BT staff were coached in sales technique. ASIC repealed the ...

Colonial First State launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... to 100 global stocks, picked with stewardship and governance in mind. It has a minimum investment of $25,000 and a recommended investment period of at least five years. The management costs are 1.03% (class A) with no performance fees. Distributions ...

BetaShares responsible investment ETF recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... investment ETFs. The rating agency upgraded the rating of BetaShares' Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) to "Recommended", with the firm pointing to the "strict and pragmatic ethical and socially responsible investment screening process" used to ...

Magellan active ETFs retain Zenith ratings

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
Active ETFs from Magelllan have retained their highly recommended ratings from Zenith, even as ASIC conducts a review into internal market making. Of the 203 ETFs available in Australia, Zenith Investment Partners rates 74 products. Only three of them ...

Aussie bond fund added to Zenith model portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
Zenith's model portfolio offering, Zenith Elite Blends, has added a 'highly recommended' Aussie bond fund. The Legg Mason Asset Australian Bond Fund will now be available through Zenith Elite Blends. Managing partner of Zenith David Wright said the ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... The Financial Services Council took a similar view, with chief executive Sally Loane adding the default once system recommended by both the Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission were too important to see pushed to one side while the review ...

FASEA ethics pose risk to managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... possibility of an adviser being a shareholder in the licence and the business benefits as a result of the product or service recommended. "Read literally, the Code also bans an adviser recommending that a client receive ongoing advice since the adviser ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... changes and communicate with members. The reprieve is five months more than the Senate Economics Legislation Committee recommended in its inquiry into the bill, which called for a delay from 1 October 2019 to December 1. Hume said the changes represented ...

Support staff should meet FASEA standards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... view - it is not his recommendation," Ashenden clarified. Ashenden wanted to make it clear that Hayne at no point recommended that life insurance commissions fall to zero. He said that this kind of confusion about the Royal Commission recommendations ...