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Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
A $5.5 billion superannuation fund scrapped several fees, discounted its insurance premiums and changed administrators. EISS Super announced several changes that took effect from 1 October 2018 affecting its superannuation, pension, retirement scheme ...

FASEA releases draft degree requirement legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its long awaited degree requirements for existing financial advisers and new entrants. FASEA has proposed the maximum requirement for an existing adviser be a graduate diploma of eight subjects ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
A Legg Mason affiliate has become the first to offer an actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Latest research from Macquarie University uncovers flaws in the use of balanced scorecards to determine remuneration. It comes as Australia's biggest bank bosses face the Royal Commission. According to researchers from the university's Applied ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Thirteen months on from securing its first boutique partners, the UK business of Bennelong Funds Management is ready to scale up. But will Brexit get in the way? Speaking to Financial Standard in London recently, BennBridge chief operating officer Greg ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Australian companies paid about $820 million less in dividends in the third quarter than the corresponding period from 2017 as dividend growth at local banks flat lined. ASX-listed companies paid out US$24.5 billion ($33.5bn) to shareholders in quarter ...

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Financial Planning Association of Australia head of policy and standards Ben Marshan said the FASEA-led Code of Ethics remains the biggest game changer to the advice industry. Speaking at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum on ...

AI ramping up but legal risks remain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
Financial services companies are betting on artificial intelligence (AI) more than ever, but remain sceptic of compliance and legal risks of the technology, according to a new Baker McKenzie report. Baker McKenzie surveyed 355 financial services leaders ...

Poor performance a fiduciary breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
Superannuation funds that fail to achieve healthy long-term returns when measured against peers are in breach of their fiduciary duty to members, a former Federal politician has told the 2018 ASFA Conference. Appearing as part of a panel on the future ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...