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Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... may well be enough to trigger discussions on fees with investment managers," she said. "The transfer of power, responsibility and accountability from investment managers to asset owners is well underway." Trafford-Walker added that in the past decade ...

ASIC probes Regal Funds Management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... active participant in Australian equity markets, regulatory scrutiny was expected "from time to time". "Regal's responsibility to its clients is paramount and it takes its obligations to comply with all laws and regulations very seriously. Regal is cooperating ...

FSC, ISA face off over APRA heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... and include rigorous benchmarks, he added. "As the custodians of Australians' retirement savings we all have a responsibility to improve the system and put members' interests first - and that means dealing with underperformance, wherever it is," Dean ...

Remediation bill tops $10b: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... protection." "Placing the onus on consumers to inform and protect themselves without also requiring firms to take responsibility for the design and distribution of their own products has not produced good consumer outcomes. It is time to rebalance - ...

TAL shuffles leadership amid restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... has shuffled its executive lineup, creating new roles as part of a wider realignment of the business that sees responsibility for its life insurance business split in two. The life insurer has redesigned its structure, splitting its life insurance business ...

APRA begins super data transformation efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... choice sector," APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said. However, Rowell added that the industry needs to take some responsibility for the difficulties, noting its lack of agreement across areas such as asset class definitions had hampered the regulator's ...

Trustee firm, super fund in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... probation orders, and costs. The action was taken following consultation and collaboration with APRA, which also has responsibility for regulating Tidswell under the SIS Act, ASIC said. "APRA has supported ASIC with its investigation and has provided ...

Advice practices urged to contact ombudsman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... about a number of behaviours that may include the conduct of lookback audits, financial planning licensors shifting responsibility for client compensation payments to licensees, short notice periods provided to licensees exiting the business and restraint ...

Investor relations pay significantly increases

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... structural change have meant the investor relations function has stepped up to fill the void leading to increased responsibility and larger teams." AIRA said the changing dynamics of buy-side and sell-side have led to increased interactions between investor ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... ways to benefit fund members. Merging their funds was not out of the picture, they said. "There is an absolute responsibility upon trustees to consider how to best serve their members' interests. Whether a partnership between our two funds could ...