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AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
The Australian Financial Complains Authority (AFCA) is placing a higher emphasis on member experience following an increase in its membership base, two years on from its launch. In its first two years, AFCA's membership has grown to 40,000 members across ...

Pan-Asian equities to perform well: Longlead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... to continue in 2021, according to Longlead's 2021 Pan-Asian Investment Outlook. Longlead Capital's chief investment officer Tim Campbell said: "As a firm, we are seeing very strong interest from institutional investors, superannuation funds and sophisticated ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
Global dividends took an 11% hit, falling $76.7 billion in the third quarter with the weakest results coming from Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands, according to Janus Henderson. The Global Dividend Index revealed Australian dividends suffered ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The opposition party, Industry Super Australia (ISA) and unions have criticised the Retirement Income Review and say the super guarantee (SG) must rise. Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the government is looking for excuses to break its promises. ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
While not making explicit recommendations, the Retirement Income Review has warned against increasing inequities already in the system, citing that a rise in the super guarantee would benefit men more than women. The review has stated that consideration ...

Kogan execs chase big bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
Online retailer Kogan, which has recently expanded into superannuation, has faced shareholder revolt over the bonuses it wants to pay its executives. Kogan was one of the few businesses to relatively benefit from COVID-19, thanks to an uptick in online ...

FEAL executive of the year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Fund Executive Association Limited's Fund Executive of the Year was awarded at an intimate dinner in Sydney this week. UniSuper chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan has been recognised for his contribution to digital innovation, corporate strategy ...

Cbus appoints new technology chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The $54 billion industry fund has appointed a new chief information technology officer, joining the fund from Latitude Financial. Mirella Robinson has joined the fund, replacing Rob Pickering who Financial Standard reported departed the fund in September. ...

APRA reduces CBA capital requirement

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has made the decision to reduce Commonwealth Bank's additional capital requirement by half after improving governance concerns. The $1 billion capital add-on has been halved to $500 million with ...

SG verdict: Choose your own adventure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
In a catch 22, the final report says keeping SG at 9.5% will shrink Australian's final retirement balances by 12-18%, but increase working-life income by 2%. Australians will retire with 12% to 18% thinner final balances if the government sticks ...