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Failed industry fund merger laid bare at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... used by industry funds. Half the members were industry-nominated, there was only one independent director, and skills assessment metrics were ignored. The board that governs $7 billion of investments for members does not currently have a board director ...

Lose grandfathered commissions, lose business: MLC

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... grandfathered commissions - and potentially how many advisers and clients would leave - Carter said he believes such an assessment was made but couldn't truly recall any detail. Carter agreed with Hodge when he concluded that switching the grandfathered ...

One measure not enough to revoke MySuper: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... a timely manner with RSE licensees that consistently underperform, in addition to the regulator's proposed outcomes assessment, which it said will seek "to enable both licensees and the APRA to identify factors causing underperformance early on, and ...

FASEA clarifies foreign degrees mistake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... qualifications last week, FASEA advised that all individuals with qualifications obtained overseas would have to seek assessment from the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR). However, NOOSR was absorbed into the Department of Education ...

Life insurers cautious about My Health Record

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... data that could be incorporated into the My Health Record. For example, data collected from standard insurance health assessment checks at policy application stage, could be added to the My Health Record, which may help treating doctors avoid having ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... Governing Council took note that there hasn't been much of a change since last time; has not been a change in the assessment" of the medium term outlook for growth and inflation. Draghi admitted that growth has moderated in the first quarter (and ...

FASEA bumps adviser CPD to 50 hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... approved postgraduate course. Existing advisers with NOOSR-approved degrees will need to apply to FASEA for an additional assessment of whether their degree is a relevant qualification. If it is deemed relevant by FASEA, then the requirements under the ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... Districts and is published approximately two weeks before the Fed's FOMC meeting. After an improved economic growth assessment in the May report, the June Beige Book reports that economic activity is expanding at a "moderate or modest" pace (from ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
One of the UK's largest charity fund managers has voted to sell $21 billion worth of investments in fossil fuels if the companies don't align to climate change goals by 2023. The Church of England's parliament voted 347 to four in favour ...

CBA should have done more: Federal Court

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... bill swap rate said the bank should have better supervised its staff. Justice Beach of the Federal Court delivered the assessment in noting the terms of a court enforceable undertaking entered into by the bank and ASIC, after an in-principle agreement ...