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Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... compared to its peers while also comparing them against a range of important risk measures. To perform this rigorous assessment, Rainmaker took into account more than 20 factors spanning medium-term relative performance across multiple time periods and ...

Former Westpac GM joins APRA review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... regulate superannuation entities for the benefit of members. "The APRA capability review will provide a forward-looking assessment of APRA's ability to respond to an environment of growing complexity and emerging risks for APRA's regulated sectors," ...

ASIC gears up for Brexit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... BoE. ASIC and Reserve Bank of Australia are working with the BoE, who has confirmed it will conduct an equivalence assessment for Australia's regime for central counterparties. ASIC is also reviewing the potential impacts on 298 UK firms operating in ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... France (due to the negative impact of street protests and industrial action)." Fair enough. But even this downgraded assessment on the outlook for the single currency region is still optimistic compared with the EU Commission's latest forecasts ...

FASEA makes adviser exam adjustments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... relevant providers located in regional areas, dependent on adviser interest and facility availability. As it stands, the assessment will be conducted in a range of capital cities and regional centres and each attempt will cost $540, excluding GST. The ...

APRA could oversee stalled super fund mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... The SIS Act asks that trustees of any responsible entity that offers a MySuper product must conduct an annual scale assessment to decide if its members would benefit from merging their fund with a bigger one with more assets and members. The Royal Commission's ...

Institutions respond to Royal Commission, make commitments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... improvement following the release of Royal Commission's final report. Landing yesterday, the report was scathing in its assessment of banking executives. Commissioner Hayne said the final round of hearings - which saw chief executives and chairs of the ...

Hayne recommends new regulatory overseer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... functions, reporting to the Minister in respect of each regulator once every two years. The report was also scathing in its assessment of the financial services regulators, with the Commissioner recommending regular capability reviews for both. Additionally ...

Former ACCC chair will lead APRA capability review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... first. "The capability review will build on the recently completed International Monetary Fund's Financial Sector Assessment Program, which included an assessment of APRA's policy and supervisory framework for banks and insurers," the Government ...

AFSL super options under the lens

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... publish this information annually. ASIC should also conduct selected audits of the information received to facilitate assessment of the effectiveness of advisers in meeting clients' best interests," the report said. Take "general" out of advice The ...