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E&P free of legacy issues, FUA jumps 26%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... remaining contingent liabilities related to this matter." Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager policy, advocacy, and standards Phil Anderson said there is $135 million in compensation related to Dixon Advisory the advice industry ...

MetLife Australia launches new online insurance platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... Insurance allows member to view insurance details, edit their cover, keep track on the status of applications, and access policy documents in a "simple, secure, and convenient" fashion, MetLife said. MetLife chief customer and marketing officer Lina ...

APRA reorganises as it sets sights on superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... taking enforcement action where required to ensure that entities comply with the law and the community is protected." On the policy side, Lonsdale said APRA is in a position where it has built up the strength of the prudential framework and now the focus ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... board's current thinking," Aird said. "In our view, that is forward guidance. Forward guidance, as it refers to monetary policy, is simply communication about central bank intentions for future monetary policy." Aird said the RBA's forward guidance would ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Australia must move beyond pervasive short-termism and lift its policy ambitions if the nation is to reach its economic potential, according to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). "Our record of almost three decades of economic ...

Fed's Powell says 'time has come' to cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... economists, and academics at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium where gave the opening address. "The time has come for policy to adjust. The direction of travel is clear, and the timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on incoming data, the evolving ...

ASIC scraps Libertas' AFSL for unpaid compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... legislation is ASIC must cancel the licence," he said. Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of policy, advocacy, and standards Phil Anderson said the cancellation of Libertas' licence highlights the ongoing issues with listed ...

Financial Standard opens Power50 voting

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
... financial advisers play in the country's socio-economic future. They can also be successful business owners, award winners, policy influencers, mentors, and educators. The Power50 ranges from those that are active within industry associations to ...

FAAA to work with Treasury on CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
... understanding what has happened and how similar situations can be prevented in future." This comes after FAAA general manager policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson outlined the industry's biggest gripes with the collapse of Dixon Advisory ...

Super performance test needs personal rate of return: Adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... clarifying the definition of TDPs, adjusting fee parameters, and assessing the benchmarks. "FSC research demonstrates that policy and regulation is too often designed with default, MySuper arrangements in mind, and then awkwardly applied to investment ...