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HESTA takes active approach to class actions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... they are increasingly being held to account," it said. "Attempts to subdue these rights should be resisted, as they excuse poor corporate behaviour and a lack of due diligence on the part of management that ultimately impacts the proper functioning of ...

Pahari sorry, victim calls for documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... Andrew Burns. It is yet to release this report, but did release Burns' conclusion. "For these reasons I find that there was poor judgement exercised by [Boe Pahari] during this evening and one moderate and two minor incidents which overall added up to ...

WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... an annualised NTA return of -5.99% and a total return of -0.27%. "Our proposal is to reposition CIE following a history of poor performance for shareholders," Wilson said. "The current boards proposal to appointment an unproven manager of LICs is flawed ...

Front loaded discounts lead to worse outcomes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... premiums (in some cases by more than 35% year on year)," Pillemer said. "We must also not allow the inevitable criticism for poor risk management and product design to be sheeted back to advisers. All too often it is financial advisers that bear the ...

SG increase will impact wage growth: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... here, it is that this decline is not as large as initially feared. Similarly, while the labour market outcomes have been poor, they have not been as bad as expected." Looking forward, the RBA governor said there is a high degree of uncertainty about ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... searches launched by bfinance clients had been initiated in the first half of the year. Surprisingly, these were not driven by poor pandemic performance, but rather, were a "continuation of pre-existing plans and proactive strategic or tactical responses ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... the FSC said, including improving the financial literacy of more Australians, reducing the likelihood of individuals making poor investment choices, reducing pressure on public financial counsellors and volunteers, and lowering costs to improve access ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... MySuper Product Heatmap a prime example. "APRA is using the Heatmap to highlight funds that they believe are either delivering poor net-of-tax returns or have high fees, and focusing on their long-term sustainability based on cashflows. It dovetails ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... superannuation and alleged fees for no service from Maurice Blackburn and Slater and Gordon. Also in the last month, Standard & Poor's downgraded AMP Limited's credit rating and AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari was questioned, with some hostility ...

Optimism, resilience high on the recruitment checklist

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... practices signaling the industry's hiring processes are ripe for disruption. "Traditional resumes and job interviews alone are poor predictors of actual job performance as interviewees give rehearsed answers and interviewers pick candidates they like ...