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Mercer handed fine for unlicensed advice in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has fined Mercer Singapore S$15,000 ($15,100) for contraventions of the Financial Advisers Act. On 18 August, Mercer Singapore accepted composition amounts of $10,000 for contravention of section 23B(3) of the FAA ...

SuperFriend launches mental illness framework

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Insurer-funded not-for-profit SuperFriend has released a best practice framework for super funds and group insurance partners to manage mental illness insurance claims. The framework was developed in collaboration with, SuperFriend's statement said ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Hedge funds should be thriving in the unusual low return environment. But instead of turning to the rock stars of funds management, investors are choosing safer and cheaper options. As managers warn about an Australian brain drain, experts talk about ...

Macquarie adviser forged signatures, lied to clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
An authorised representative of Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) has been banned for six years after the regulator found that he forged client documents. Shawn Hickman engaged in unauthorised discretionary trading on his clients' accounts between November ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes proposed governance changes to superannuation fund boards ignore the lessons learnt from the HIH disaster. Speaking at the Financial Services Council annual conference, Bowen quoted Justice Neville Owen ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
Regulatory change, technological advances and the evolving needs of customers have led some to believe custodial services are under-going a drastic revolution. Or is that all part of what being a custodian is all about? That was the question representatives  ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The maturity of Australia's superannuation system is under scrutiny and industry representatives have weighed in on how super will progress from its relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Financial planners from Australia's top financial institutions will receive ethics and moral psychology training, following major scandals in their advice divisions. AMP, Macquarie Bank, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and BT Financial Group have developed and ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed its first independent chair following Jim Minto's decision to retire from the role and as a director on 30 July. Minto was appointed chair in November 2013, and has been an ASFA ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has implemented key risk/life insurance advice reforms that were inspired by similar policies in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said these countries' ...