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Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... superannuation lobby. The consumer group said its research shows the superannuation system "put over 170,000 people into a poor performing super product in 2017-18", which will cost them up to half a million dollars in retirement. More than 176,000 new ...

FASEA ethics pose risk to managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
The Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) has made a submission to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, questioning its consideration of conflicts of interest in the Code of Ethics. IMAP said Standard 3 in the FASEA Code ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... of work already undertaken saw the regulator notify a number of funds of APRA's belief they were "potentially" generating poor outcomes. "Given the limitations of the exercise, we didn't publish the data, but did share it with the trustees concerned," ...

Licensee faces hefty remediation bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... hit with a remediation bill for $730,000. ClearView's review and remediation program for over 200 clients who received poor life insurance advice resulted in the figure. ASIC said ClearView's compliance review saw ClearView look at 4,269 advice ...

La Trobe Financial expands executive team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... officer North America, based in New York. Bleakley is originally from New York, having commenced his career with Standard & Poor's, where he worked for 10 years across their municipal bond, financial institutes and structured finance rating department. ...

Chief executive bonuses unscathed by public perception

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... year when the Royal Commission was in full swing, revealing evidence that executives were not being held accountable for poor conduct, and in the wake of soaring 'first strike' votes against remuneration reports." Domino's Pizza boss Don Meij was the ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Investment professionals based in Melbourne should have no trouble finding job opportunities with industry superannuation funds over the next 12 months, according to recruitment experts. According to Kaizen Recruitment, the current job climate remains ...

Financial incentive provokes misconduct: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... motivated by self-interest, unethical pro-organisational behaviour is something whole organisations might participate in. A poor risk culture or lack of risk governance particularly at the board level was looked at by the researchers and found to be ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... audited by a small, unknown accounting firm is considered a red flag. The red flags system also includes ESG considerations: poor labour conditions and being a polluter triggers red flags. Plato monitors companies daily to find red flags. The system ...

ANZ/OnePath worst performer again

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... annually, compared to the 0.93% in the average 'fit cat' fund or best-performing funds, Stockspot said. Stockspot concluded poor fund performance comes mostly from high fees, with funds finding it harder to generate strong enough returns to offset the ...