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'Critical shortcomings' demand urgent action from trustees: APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
... assist the "tidal wave of fund members" heading toward retirement. At the Australian Financial Review's Super and Wealth Summit today, Cole outlined that one of the prudential regulator's topmost priorities is tackling the "surprising lack of ...

Peter Costello steps down from Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... Councils (FSC) of Australia and New Zealand revealed that Costello will headline the first Trans-Tasman Strategic Leaders Summit taking place in Auckland from 4-6 March 2024. "I'm honoured to be part of the inaugural FSC Trans-Tasman Strategic Leaders ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... Experts' Choice products, eight of the Generations products, seven ipac products, three North Guardian options, two SUMMIT Select products, and the MyNorth Dynamic Balanced Fund. In response, AMP said the options that failed represent just 1.5% of ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... the importance of the design and distribution obligations (DDO). During her introductory speech at the General Counsel Summit, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said if the regulatory body achieves a favourable outcome in the ongoing proceedings, it will ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... options paper and review of the sector which opened last year. Speaking this morning at the Responsible Lending and Borrowing Summit minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the "unregulated and unchecked" BNPL market would be overhauled to ...

We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... a break could be in sight. "We are closer to a pause," Lowe said today while speaking at the Financial Review Business Summit. "It's a matter of logic really - as you increase interest rates higher, you get closer to a point where it is appropriate ...

Advice complaints decelerate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... financial advice, down 47% from 2021, AFCA acting lead ombudsman investments and advice Shail Singh told the annual AIA Adviser Summit. Several key issues have emerged from complaints filed in 2022, which may have declined but tended to be more complex ...

AustralianSuper invests in build-to-rent-to-own affordable housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... However, as AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder acknowledged at the Australian Financial Review Super and Wealth Summit, investing in affordable housing isn't easy. "Does it [affordable housing] normally stack up? No, it doesn't. Usually ...

Expect more greenwashing action: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... misleading the market" on greenwashing, Longo said at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Australian Governance Summit. On Tuesday, ASIC announced court proceedings against Mercer Superannuation (Australia), the trustee of the Mercer ...

Super heads support capping retirement balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
At the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Super and Wealth Summit, super fund chiefs agreed that the tax concessions on bloated retirement savings accounts should be trimmed. The panel on the strategic directions for super consisted of Mercer Australia ...