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Aware to restructure advice offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... "As a profit-to-member fund we're doing the right thing by managing this proactively - including through the ongoing review of our advice business and where our offices are located to ensure it reflects member demand." In the past year, Forman said Aware's ...

ASIC praises super trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
ASIC has released the findings of its review of how superannuation trustees supported members during COVID-19 with overall positive feedback. The corporate regulator said it took several actions to check on the support provided by superannuation trustees ...

WTW wins mandate from NZ government super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... Treasury by mid-May this year. "Following the Treasury's Request for Proposal to execute the one-in-five-year statutory review of the GSFA, the Minister of Finance has approved the appointment of Willis Towers Watson to conduct the review," New Zealand ...

Banks should pay advice exit levy: TAA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... acknowledged that Treasury is responsible for the model that causes the levy hikes and is pushing for a remodel and review of the downstream impact of the levy. The TAA said the original cost of $900 per adviser is a reasonable cost however the advice ...

Banks still failing customers after Royal Commission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
A review of Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) complaints data shows over 31,000 complaints have been made in the wake of the Royal Commission, according to CHOICE. Complaints around credit products revealed many customers have still been ...

Super for house deposits will push up prices: ASFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... FHSSS release requests totalled $44.1 million across 3250 requests. The body is calling for a federal-level independent review of housing affordability in Australia.

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) 2.0% target. It's not surprising, therefore, that the BOJ is reported to conduct a review of its policy tools at its March meeting to make its pandemic stimulus programme more "sustainable and effective". As per Reuters ...

Pahari's pay packet revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... particularly involved in the establishment of the Board Culture Working Group, of which I was chair, and initiated a review of workplace conduct," Hazelton said. "A major task of the Culture Working Group was to set down the board's shared beliefs ...

Review of AFCA underway

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
The government has released terms of reference for the review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, asking for stakeholder feedback. The review will be conducted by Treasury, aiming to test whether AFCA is operating effectively and achieving ...

Wage subsidy needed for new entrants: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... AFA is asking the government to provide relief to financial advisers for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 and to undertake a review of the current model, saying that the funding levy should be pegged to the 2018/19 level at minimum.