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MLC refunds $67m in advice fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... be refunded $220 each, on average - or $67 million in total, including interest. Parent company NAB told the ASX it will stop charging its plan service fee for MKPS members from 30 September 2018. For members in MasterKey Business Super (MKBS), the plan ...

Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... interested in advantaging one sector of superannuation over the other. I am interested in improving member outcomes. Full stop," he said. Bowen said Labor was open to the idea of capping fees for low value accounts. He added the party was "also" sympathetic ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... professions such as accounting and law. BTFG's Michael Wright wants dual-licensing. "I've been saying for six years, stop calling me distribution. My job is not to distribute your products, it is to look after the best interest of the clients," ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... banks due to close to zero long term rates. That might be but the financial markets' reaction would make the BOJ want to stop, look and listen. The yield on 10-year JGBs jumped to a five-month high of 0.09% - up six basis points from its previous ...

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... director Eamonn Meehan said the passing of the bill demonstrates the proposed reform is both substantive and symbolic. "It will stop public money being invested against the public interest, and it sends a clear signal nationally and globally that action ...

BT Financial Advice cuts grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... decision marks the next step in the business' efforts to raise standards. "Our announcement today builds on prior decisions to stop BT Financial advisers receiving any benefit from stamping fees (despite being permitted under FoFA), ensuring that all ...

AFCA appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
The one-stop shop for financial services complaint has chosen David Locke as its chief ombudsman and chief executive. Locke is currently the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC)'s assistant commissioner, charity services. ACNC ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
J.P. Morgan Asset Management says big data is allowing retirement income products to be better customised to the individual and more dynamic in managing retiree spending. The asset manager has designed a solution in the US, assisted by retiree data ...

Amnesty granted to employers with unpaid SG

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... to hit back with higher penalties, to the tune of 50% on top of the SG charge they owe. The amnesty period also won't stop Australian Taxation Office (ATO) from going after employers for the historical obligations they don't own up to voluntarily ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The times, they are a-changin'. After reaching a peak of 103.01 on the 23 December 2016, the Bloomberg US dollar index began its long descent before hitting a three-year low of 89.19 in February this year - a 13.4% depreciation. The US dollar has ...