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FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... numerous platforms weren't able to cope, proving to be "slow and cumbersome" and unable to process information fast enough, Schween recalls. Many platform providers at the time were still reliant on manual signatures and paper work. If a deep market ...

Chief economist update: Lower iron ore a boon to the Aussie budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... year in mid-June this year when prices rose by 21.6% to US$102.76/tonne from the (March) 2019 low of US$84.53/tonne. Sure enough, the optimism engendered by the bull market took prices even higher to a peak of US$123.19 in July that was quickly followed ...

ASFA strikes back at super detractors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... retirement scenario you can eat your house, rely on a rental supplement, and that your grandparent's retirement was good enough for them and its good enough for you. In summary we can't afford your aspirations." The ASFA chief said that publishing ...

Calls for clarity on personal advice in DDO

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... clients." Personal advice definition The FSC also thinks DDO's amendment to the definition of "personal advice" does not go far enough. Under current definition of personal advice in DDO, product issuers and distributors are exempt from DDO when they ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... issue. "This leaves no time for planners to change their business models and actually be compliant," he said. "There's not enough time to understand what FASEA is saying because it's still not clear, then make changes to all your advice processes and ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... "You could have every super fund in Australia asking themselves whether their processes and analysis cover climate change enough, otherwise they're going to have people like me taking them to court." "It's arduously slow. But we're getting to the meat ...

Managed funds fail to perform: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... benchmarks. This year was an aberration," Rainmaker said. "Nevertheless the severity of the 2018-19 underperformance is enough to noticeably and artificially distort long-run rolling benchmarks." However, in the three-year period to June both property ...

Actuaries develop retiree rule of thumb

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... Nicolette Rubinsztein said many Australians can afford to live better in retirement than they actually do, but don't have enough confidence to draw down more money from their savings than the minimum amount required by the government. "Many retirees ...

NAB remediation team swells, no executive bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... customers place in us. These are all considerations we make when assessing performance. While we have made progress, it is not enough to be recognised in executive short-term variable reward in 2019," Chronican said. The maximum short-term variable reward ...

Wealth income halved, Hartzer skips $1.6m bonus

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... describing 2019 as "a watershed year" for the bank. However, according to the annual report, the "watershed year" wasn't enough to see Hartzer earn a cash bonus, with the board unimpressed by some "poor customer outcomes" highlighted by the Royal ...