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APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... occurs in the system," ISA deputy chief executive Matthew Linden said. "APRA's heatmaps are a vital tool to shine a light on this underperformance and get trustees to lift their game, but more work is needed to get the detail right. "We expect to ...

New boutique launches with Channel Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... investors early 2020 and has so far raised about $40 million in a friends and family raise. The boutique has backing of Light Warrior, an investment firm set up by Radek Sali after he Swisse Vitamins was sold to a Chinese firm about three years ago. ...

FASEA under pressure on managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... sympathetic to FASEA's aims and the principles of the code and that he held out hope IMAP would receive some clear guidance in light of its example, he had his criticisms for the situation the industry is in as a result of the FASEA changes. "It's ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
"Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be light From now on, Our troubles will be out of sight..." - Judy Garland Yes, Virginia, it looked like that over the past few weeks and into the first days of the Christmas month. The rally in ...

Enforcement appetite is working: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... publishing the full superannuation heat map, Byres said the goal is to help drive better member outcomes by "shining the light" on MySuper products that need to improve. "For the past couple of years, we have been focused on using data to weed out the ...

FASEA compliance has silver lining

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... of FASEA compliance to their benefit. "At the risk of upsetting some people, FASEA code of ethics should be the guiding light in this process of being a good corporate citizen," Haddan said. She said when her practice started to think about meeting FASEA ...

Politician urges Treasurer to protect advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... to allow advisers to adapt their businesses." Steggall wrote that the Treasurer should consider the cost of compliance in light of new regulations and the impact this may have on accessibility to financial advice in the broader community. Finally, she ...

Risk advisers a dying breed: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... further support financial planners and their clients by improving their onboarding process," he said. The report also shed light on which insurers advisers were turning to after a spate of mergers and takeovers in the Australian life insurance market ...

APRA to take transparent approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... cost industry in excess of $7 billion to date, and are likely to rise further as both new and historical issues come to light." Lonsdale said the risk governance self-assessments conducted in 2018 "made clear" that industry was grappling to manage GCRA ...

No pat on the back for high performers: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... their super fund. "The first thing you might notice is there is no green," Rowell said. "This is not a traditional "traffic light" system with three distinct and simple categories. This is intentional. The heat map is designed to emphasise underperformance ...