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Parametric critiques Productivity Commission's final report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Parametric have taken the final Productivity Commission report into superannuation to task in its latest research report. According to the firm, the PC missed an opportunity to highlight how super members retiring on after-tax returns are penalised ...

Boutique shuts down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
Premier Asset Management has wound up a 17-year-old retail fund with about $35 million in assets under management. The Premier Global Select Fund had about 90% of its assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETFs) while the remaining 10% were a mix ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... Commission also recommended that until a fund complete the remediation, the prudential regulator should hold the power to stop funds launching new investment options or accepting new members onto existing options.

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
The accounts of about 11,000 AustralianSuper members have been the target of a security breach. Australia's largest superannuation fund, with about 2.2 million members, said it has detected the "unauthorised access," which occurred earlier this ...

AFA explains stance on grandfathered commissions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers has shed further light on its opposition to end grandfathered commissions, outlining considerations the financial services Royal Commission did not address in public hearings. Speaking to Financial Standard on Thursday ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... right: the Fed thinks they're in charge. Time to get rid of them."...and for the last word, Lindsay Resnick replied: "STOP--too much winning!" The Fed might want to re-consider its pronouncement of being "data-dependent" - which, I think is moot ...

$200k on the life-line for new Freedom chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... Standard's questions on the structure of Williamson's employment terms. In the last fortnight, Freedom confirmed it would stop selling new life insurance products, after a Deloitte-led strategic review found it was no longer viable for the firm ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
The British Parliament has put a full stop to months of speculation over PM Theresa May's leadership when she emerged victorious - 200 to 117 - over her own party's (the Conservative Party) no confidence motion lodged against her. The Party's ...

New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... course and provide evidence once completed. Industry Super Australia said it welcomed the Bill but it isn't strong enough to stop workers being routinely short-changed their super entitlements. ISA's research shows this figure stands at $5.9 billion ...

Freedom ditches life insurance sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
Freedom Insurance Group announced it will stop selling life insurance products and alerted shareholders of the likelihood it will face a liquidity crisis next year. The board of the embattled insurer has decided to search for alternative business models ...