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Look to 2008 survivors: Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Ausbil Investment Management revealed it is looking to lessons from 2008 to find an edge in global markets as it prepares for the worst As uncertainty and volatility mounts, Ausbil Investment Management has highlighted global listed infrastructure and ...

Suncorp pays $1.4m remediation bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
Suncorp Life and Superannuation has remediated more than 4000 Guardian Advice clients for poor financial advice. ASIC today confirmed Suncorp has completed the remediation program for more than 4000 GuardianFP clients, paying out a total of $1.431 million. ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
ASIC warned it will clamp down on financial advice misconduct and ensure it sees an end to grandfathered commissions. The corporate watchdog outlined its priorities for the advice sector between now and 2023 in its recently released Corporate Plan. ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
The research house has taken umbrage at the public commentary of several influential players over superannuation's eternal policy debate. In a post on its website on Friday, Rice Warner noted the continuous tinkering with the super industry had ...

Peak bodies respond to government roadmap

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
While many have welcomed the government's roadmap for implementing Commissioner Hayne's recommendations, bodies representing the superannuation industry are leading criticisms against the timetable. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
Superannuation funds that provide projected estimates to members about their nest egg will likely receive more contributions and increased engagement, new research suggests. The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) studied ...

AMP advisers to fight BOLR changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... nobody's fault but AMP's and yet, somehow, most unfairly, the fees-for-no-service issue has still been perceived as poor adviser behaviour. In the simplest of terms, it is wrong to make AMP advisers suffer for AMP's sins."

Survey backs SG increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Respondents in Financial Standard 's latest spot poll have welcomed the pending increases to the Superannuation Guarantee beyond 9.5%. The majority (79%) of respondents support the legislated incremental increases to the SG starting from 1 July 2021 ...

ASIC reveals advice remediation progress

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... date. AMP, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac have paid a total of $119.7 million [see figure 1] in remediation for poor financial advice since the corporate regulator began reviewing how the institutions identified and dealt with non-compliant ...

ASIC warns trustees on employer inducements

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... employees who are not engaged with their super are particularly vulnerable to negative financial outcomes as a result of poor employer decision-making." Infosheet 241 provides six scenarios that help trustees determine whether or not they are breaching ...