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Financial Masterplan advisers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... inappropriate superannuation and insurance products. The corporate regulator believes Trent Allan and Fabrizio Urrutia were not adequately trained or competent to provide financial services and thus were not compliant with financial services laws. Allan ...

First YFYS performance test results weeks away

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... following APRA will continue to publish its heatmaps with the next one out in November and will include Choice products (which are not subject to the YFYS performance test despite Labor's push to do so. This will be followed by the third annual MySuper ...

RI Advice failed oversight obligations: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... advice to clients, acted in the clients' best interests and put the clients' interests ahead of his own. RI Advice did not have any adequate processes to identify when advisers were avoiding advice quality checks or recommending non-approved ...

Super, fund manager ASX dominance launches inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... ensure that we update the law, regulations and regulators to address the challenges of the future, so we empower citizens, not organised capital." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said this will be the ...

Bitcoin fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... distribution and growth strategies for Monochrome's products. Monochrome chief executive Jeff Yew said: "Craig brings with him not only over 25 years of experience in the traditional investment space, but also a level of strategic thinking that is ...

Ethical super could halve carbon footprint

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... landfill and one million petrol tankers. Australian Ethical noted that excluding an investment in carbon-intensive companies does not actually mean the emissions produced by those companies will stop occurring instantly. "It's an alarming truth that ...

Data to improve TPD outcomes: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... data gap assessments, mostly relating to claim events. It was found that data captured by insurers is often inconsistent or not in a searchable or reportable format, limiting its usability. As such, trustees also need to enhance their data capability ...

Fairfax family office awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... "Utilising the ICS solution will centralise all our investment data and analytics into a single trusted source of truth, which will not only allow us to reduce manual operational processes, but greatly enhance the capabilities of the investment team." ...

Dismal pass rate for latest CFA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... the exam. In the first half of 2019, 41% of level one candidates passed. Pass rates for 2021 level two and three exams have not yet been released, but in December 2020 55% of level two candidates passed and 56% of level three candidates passed. The CFA ...

IFM blames "unfounded" class action for Tandem worries

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... and IFM's remaining shareholding after the July 29 asset sale. IFM has been asked 117 questions on notice by the committee, not counting this hearing.