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Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... directors. It is not a third/third/third model - it is a third independent and the rest is open slather. "Employer representatives could, for example, be removed entirely from a super fund board." He added funds regulated by the Australian Prudential ...

Independent advice licensee under ASIC radar

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... be required to address any deficiencies identified by its review. As of July 2015, Sentinel has 57 authorised representatives.

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... under-going a drastic revolution. Or is that all part of what being a custodian is all about? That was the question representatives from the custody industry tried to answer during a light-hearted debate during the lunch break on the first day of the ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The maturity of Australia's superannuation system is under scrutiny and industry representatives have weighed in on how super will progress from its relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... advisers understand how ethics relates to their day-to-day work. The program is overseen by a committee that includes representatives from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... sides of politics. ASFA represents participants from across the superannuation sector and its board is made up of representatives of all sectors. The position of chair has previously been held by one of the various sector representatives. "We are very ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... Lawrence Wong said these countries' reforms helped to "better align the interests of financial advisers and their representatives with those of their customers" and "better [protected] consumers." Similar to the Life Insurance Framework agreed upon by ...

Australian fintech network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... participants will be given seven minutes to provide an overview of their technology to the audience of industry representatives.

More calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... inquiry into financial advice he said claims of widespread wrongdoing at IOOF had no basis in fact. Other IOOF representatives have agreed to front the inquiry but were not present last week, as they were overseas. At the public hearing Senator Sam Dastyari ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... already has three independent directors in its board -including an independent chair, along with four employer representatives and four member directors. "We don't think much will change," UniSuper chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan said. Once APRA clarifies ...