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ASX 200 hits female director target

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... investment indicator and actively encourage boards to look at diversity and inclusion as critical to improving the quality of decision making." The 30% Club Australia, a leading organisation that campaigns for gender diversity on boards, said there was ...

Advisers better learn what women want: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... she was a bit lonely and her days were lacking structure and helped her get a part time job - that advice boosted her quality of life and her financial position. Lennon said understanding the different attitudes and needs women have in financial advice ...

Non-compliant personal advice rife at super funds: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... a moderate range," ASIC said. "Due to the different sample sizes, it is not possible to fairly compare the overall quality of advice based on fund type. As such, our findings are aggregate findings and are not broken down by fund type." However, the ...

APRA begins super data transformation efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
APRA is embarking on a multi-year project to improve the quality of its superannuation data collection that will pave the way for the proper comparison of super products, with choice super set to come under increased scrutiny. Known as APRA's Superannuation ...

ASIC zeroes in on SMSF auditors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... "irrespective of the safeguards" after ASIC found deficiencies in his ability to maintain auditor independence and in the quality of his auditing. Hennessy is also required to completed specific courses in ethics and auditing, and will need to provide ...

ASIC imposes AFSL conditions on IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... an independent expert to report on the implementation of the extra conditions. ASIC is serious about improving the quality of governance and conflicts management across the funds management sector and ensuring that investors' best interests are the ...

ASIC nudges robo-adviser to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... with super, commencing and ceasing pensions and contributions into super. ASIC raised concerns with Lime FS about the quality of advice being generated by the robo-advice online tools and its ability to monitor that advice. ASIC said in some instances ...

TPD riddled with issues: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... restrictive definitions under general TPD cover." ASIC has called on insurers to invest in data resources and improve the quality of their data, by collecting data on outcomes for different types of TPD cover including claims assessed under restrictive ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... AFM finding that SOAs cannot provide consumers with skills, knowledge and experience required to accurately judge the quality of the advice they are getting. As evidence, ASIC pointed to shadow shopping research in 2012 in which 86% of consumers considered ...

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... infrastructure and international equities investing. Zenith said the awards were in recognition of Magellan's investment team, quality of business, focus on retail investor outcomes, and integrated risk management framework, which has resulted in outstanding ...