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Bankers told to spread positive message

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
Twelve months in to its public commitment to place more focus on protecting consumer interests, the banking industry still needs to persuade the community that change is being made. On Friday independent governance expert Ian McPhee delivered his fourth ...

Unconscionable super cross-selling will continue: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... customers through general advice should be subject to a "better-off" test to ensure consumers are not disadvantaged by the switch. "The 'for-profit' culture enshrined in the banks business model raises questions of the appropriateness of banks involvement ...

KISS selects SMSF compliance software provider

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... platforms, staff and clients you work with," she added. "I've seen other SMSF administrators switching platforms only to switch back again. To me, that's tough, not only on your hip pocket but also on the morale of your staff and the confidence of your ...

Banks flag adviser transparency in customer program

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Led by the Australian Bankers' Association, Australia's largest banks are launching new initiatives aimed at improving customer satisfaction. The Better Banking program consists of three key steps. These are a renewed commitment to support customers ...

Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... rising risks," the paper said. The paper also addressed the problem of loss aversion in older populations, where investors switch out of higher-risk investment options in times of market downturns; these super members will often remain in defensive strategies ...

New CFO for Kinetic Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
A former Victorian Funds Management Corporation executive stepped in to a new role with Kinetic Super in December. Marc Pizzichetta will serve as chief financial officer for the $3 billion superannuation fund, joining after the resignation of head of ...

Link completes AustralianSuper transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
More than two million AustralianSuper members have been successfully transitioned by Link Group onto its aaspire administration platform. Ahead of schedule and under budget, the transition is Link's ninth in the past 14 months and brings the total of ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Investors moving in and out of equities-based managed funds are showing less confidence in the asset class as volatile markets continue alongside sustained political uncertainty. The Equity Preference Index, maintained by Colonial First State Global ...

ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... objectives. ASIC also found he submitted an insurance application without his client's knowledge or consent. "Any advice to switch existing life insurance and superannuation products must be in the client's best interest," ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell ...

CommInsure loses $4.5bn fund partner

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
CommInsure has lost another insurance contract, this time with a $4.5 billion industry superannuation fund. Following a competitive tender, transport and logistics industry fund TWUSUPER ended its partnership with CommInsure and selected TAL as its ...