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Clayton Utz finally hands AMP notes to ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
ASIC has struck a major blow in its court battle with AMP over the wealth manager's fee-for-no-service issues. The corporate regulator was handed internal file notes from law firm Clayton Utz last week, which relate to the firm's interviews ...

Amendments to retirement income law assent

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
A bill amending retirement income legislation is now law, with several changes made to the legislative framework surrounding retirement income and social security receiving Royal Assent late last week. The Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment ...

ASIC scolds banks over fee-for-no-service delays

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
Australia's major financial services institutions are taking too long to remediate customers over their fee-for-no-service issues and ASIC is not pleased. The corporate regulator released an update to the "further review" programs currently underway ...

NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The New Zealand government's retirement savings vehicle has established a platform to record its votes at listed company AGMs. NZ Super Fund will allow stakeholders to search its voting data by country and company, down to individual resolutions across ...

Slow but steady: SMSF growth continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The flow of retirement savings from superannuation funds to the self-managed sector continues. But is the river drying up? Rainmaker analysis of APRA data shows total net flows between APRA-regulated super funds and self-managed super funds has steadily ...

Sole purpose test divides industry

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
A promotional offer to members of a super fund exposed the grey areas of superannuation regulation, as the industry debates whether bonus frequent flyer points schemes breach the sole purpose test. AustralianSuper is currently offering 20,000 Qantas ...

Financial concerns drive women to online investing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
Women are more concerned about their financial future than men, while the number of women investing online has almost doubled in the last five years. On International Women's Day, Investment Trends research that shows about 150,000 women are using online ...

Working women more likely to experience mental illness

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
Working women in Australia are up against it when it comes to mental health, research shows. Latest insights from SuperFriend show working women are much more likely to experience a mental health condition in their lifetime than their male counterparts. ...

New life insurer is RC good news story

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
A freshly launched life insurer believes it is the "good news story" to come from the Royal Commission. Speaking at the Sydney leg of a nationwide adviser roadshow, Integrity Life managing director Chris Powell said the firm was well positioned to take ...

30% Club expands target

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
The 30% Club is expanding its focus to include companies outside the ASX200. After achieving new heights in female board representation across the ASX50 and ASX 100 in 2018, the 30% Club is aiming to increase the number of women on the boards of listed ...