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Opt-out super to hit workers: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... "successful" compulsory and universal super system, in addition to hitting them with extra taxes. According to an ISA case study, a 30-year-old working mum earning $50,000 who spends time out of the workforce to raise children would stand to lose nearly ...

Industry fund looks within for co-chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... "XPO's underperformance can arguably be attributed to its poor governance and labour practices. It is an interesting case study to illustrate the proposition that firms who lag on ESG imperatives can often constitute a poor investment over the long ...

ASIC takes action against TAL over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Commission, it was revealed TAL was referring to medical treatment the customer had received for depression. According to case study notes in the second volume of the Commission's final report, the customer failed to disclose her prior history with ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... "XPO's underperformance can arguably be attributed to its poor governance and labour practices. It is an interesting case study to illustrate the proposition that firms who lag on ESG imperatives can often constitute a poor investment over the long ...

RI Advice faces ASIC action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... has filed a Federal Court action against RI Advice and one of its former financial advisers who was the subject of a case study during the Royal Commission. Commencing court action today, the corporate regulator has alleged RI Advice failed to take reasonable ...

Retail fund faces class action on MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... the time that best met their members' needs, not their own." The conduct that is the subject of this case was a case study in the Financial Services Royal Commission. A lead plaintiff for the case, Lesley Coatman, said: "It's clear from both ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... particularly where the incentives of firms do not align with good consumer outcomes," the report said. It pointed to a case study from the Consumer Action Law Centre which found that payday loan providers were putting written warnings at the very bottom ...

Secrets to selling revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... remain dedicated throughout the sale process. She added that this same technique could be applied to clients. Sharing a case study, Hoskins said one advice business owner she coached through a sale decided to split 25% of the sale of the business amongst ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... onwards and upwards towards normalisation to whoops, we've gotten ahead of ourselves - would be an interesting case study for each and every student of economics and finance. To be sure, the Fed's pause, forward-guided in the first quarter of ...

AMP, IOOF: Saved by ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... by the Royal Commission." As another example of lessons coming out of the Royal Commission, the report looked at the case study of IOOF. Martin Currie said under the spotlight of the Royal Commission "with deteriorating relations with the main superannuation ...