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AFCA delivers $83 million win

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... highlighted the importance of AFCA. "AFCA stands firmly on the side of fairness and a key part of our role is increasing transparency in the financial sector," Locke said. "We have published this report so that Australians can see which financial products ...

ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... regulatory responses is required," Hughes added. "ASIC is committed to address the unfairness to consumers and lack of transparency our report has uncovered. Product issuers and distributors in the CCI market need to start to put their consumers front ...

Xplore Wealth launches new solution

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... evolving market landscape. He also said the firm planned more new products in the same vein as Xplore Wrap. "Increased transparency in the investment decision-making process, combined with Xplore's deep industry experience and administrative track record ...

Modern slavery rife across sectors: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... won't be able to eradicate slavery - businesses therefore have a significant role to play, he said. "It's a race to transparency." The investment manager deploys an ESG integration strategy that does not necessarily invest in the best companies based ...

Sunsuper slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... lower than they actually are, despite ASIC being clear that funds should disclose all fees gross of tax to ensure transparency and comparability," he said. The PYS legislation has prompted other funds to increase fees and insurance premiums. GuildSuper ...

Advice affordability a growing concern

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... planners (94%) believe their clients can benefit from access to an online portal, most often through greater engagement, transparency, and keeping them informed and educated," he added.

Facebook dropped from ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... said: "The specific issues resulting in these scores had to do with various privacy concerns, including a lack of transparency as to why Facebook collects and shares certain user information." Research conducted by S&P when rebalancing the index found ...

Legalsuper expands member service capability

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Web Awards. Proebstl said the fund has transitioned to daily unit pricing from weekly pricing in a bid to increase transparency and immediacy for member account updates. The industry fund predominantly serving the legal community manages over $4 billion ...

Millennial super products still just hype

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... of many of these products have generated insufficient cash flow for these businesses to enable them to establish transparency and disclosure activities considered routine by regular superannuation products."

Dealer group strengthens executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... said. Anderson will join the team on June 24. "I am looking forward to working with an organisation that believes in transparency and is genuinely passionate about helping advisers deliver quality advice for Australians," she said.