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Axe super for low-income earners: Senator

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... foreshadowed significant change if the issues underpinning his arguments weren't addressed directly. "The Senator's proposal is unlikely to result in policy change. But he has nevertheless issued a direct challenge to the superannuation industry. ...

APRA proposes new remuneration standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... incentivise behaviour that supports the long-term interests of their entities. "We recognise that some aspects of this proposal are far-reaching and will require major changes to industry practices. APRA will listen closely to feedback from impacted ...

Keybridge shareholder threatens board spill

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... board spill meeting if the ASG-nominated nominees don't confirm their willingness to comply with their above mentioned proposal. This meeting would be slated for late September. If either or both of Bentley's directors retain their places, its intention ...

Super body opposes member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... condemned the bill in a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's inquiry into the Government's proposal. Steadfastly refusing to support the Putting Members Interests First Bill (PMIF), WIS' submission claimed the proposed ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... also a significant amount of insurance that is needed by superannuation fund members. "We don't believe that this proposal, which will ultimately remove the insurance for a lot of members in an indiscriminate manner, is necessarily in the best interests ...

ASIC moves to ban direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... ASIC moved to ban the unsolicited telephone sales of life and consumer credit insurance. Consultation is open for ASIC's proposal to ban the sale of direct life and consumer credit insurance by unsolicited phone calls, in a move the corporate regulator ...

J.P. Morgan loses custody contract

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
A $34 billion public sector fund has appointed a new custodian, ending a 19 year-long relationship with J.P. Morgan. Funds SA has selected Northern Trust as its custodian, after a long tender process. In September last year, Funds SA said it had invited ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Bloomberg US Dollar Spot index was trading at 96.7680 on the day Trump tweeted the below: "China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being ...

ASIC to offer AFSL relief to overseas firms

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
ASIC has opened consultation on its proposal to scrap the need for foreign providers of funds management services to professional investors to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. The corporate regulator released consultation paper 315, which ...

Hostplus enters merger talks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the due diligence phase would allow both funds to more formally evaluate the merger proposal. "We look forward to working with Club Super through this phase during which our funds' members and their employers ...