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Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Many financial advisers believe unlisted assets lack transparency and are illiquid, growth investments. At the Sunsuper Adviser Roadshow in Sydney yesterday, an audience of advisers was informally polled on their thoughts about alternative, unlisted ...

Clients demand multiple advisers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... an increasingly crowded market. "The answer is not simply in lowering fees, but rather a combination of increasing transparency and predictability in pricing models, and equipping advisors with ways to communicate value beyond investment returns." EY's ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... issues Gocher identifies with shareholder's ability to influence responsible corporate action in Australia is transparency. "As ASIC itself found, disclosure across the sector remains shamefully poor. It is quite incredible that in a sector responsible ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... investors with the return potential that comes from a focus on quality companies, along with the cost-efficiency and transparency that is available from a passive indexing approach." He added that BetaShares' approach to the quality-focussed India ETF ...

ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... complaints handling within financial firms. AFCA chief ombudsman and chief executive David Locke said: "Increased transparency is good news." It will help firms to continuously improve, and that will be good for the firms and their customers alike, he ...

No single solution for advice: CFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... short sunset period to adjust, and customers of financial advice firms to see actual changes taking place. Further transparency and disclosure need to be offered to customers around all fees and costs that they may incur including adviser remuneration ...

Northern Trust wins two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... end-to-end straight-through execution and processing of foreign exchange transactions, driving cost reduction and transparency. Northern Trust has assets under custody and administration of US$10.9 trillion. This year, the Australian Custodial Services ...

Morningstar director joins BondAdviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... to develop global investment strategies which assist clients achieve their goals while maintaining a high level of transparency and education."

Lax regulation worsens lost super benefits: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... ordinary time earnings, it said. ISA raises significant concerns about the ATO using Single Touch Payroll to increase transparency on wages and how effective the new compliance system is. The simple and most effective fix is for the Government to change ...

FSU seeks transparency on CBA job cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Commonwealth Bank is under pressure to disclose the extent of its planned job cuts across its branches and technology division, alleged to affect 10,000 employees. The Financial Sector Union said it wrote to CBA chief executive Matt Comyn asking to ...