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Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
While closing the salary sacrifice loophole is important, the bigger issue that needs to be addressed is that of unpaid super, according to Industry Super Australia. That was the main point in the body's submission to Schedule 7 of the Treasury Laws ...

ASIC to crack down on platform fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... also asked for the names of policies and procedures used by individual platforms to prepare fee disclosure statements and monitor and audit compliance with fee disclosure obligations. This included requiring platforms to disclose how they prepare renewal ...

Westpac fined over reporting failure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... infringement notices anyway. APRA deputy chair John Lonsdale said: "Access to accurate and timely data is critical for APRA to monitor effectively the safety and stability of the banking, insurance and superannuation sectors." He re-enforced that APRA's ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Trump's latest tat (branding Beijing a currency manipulator) for China's tit (allowing the yuan to fall below the psychological threshold of CNY7.0/US$1) highlights just how determined the US president is to win the trade war. Yes Virginia ...

Australian equity markets remain clean: ASIC

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... group of clients that repeatedly exhibit unusual trading behaviour. In addition to current measures, the commission will monitor historical trading behavior ahead of MPSAs to enhance their market supervision work. ASIC used two methods to measure cleanliness ...

Final nail in the coffin for grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... grandfathered conflicted remuneration ahead of 1 January 2021 flow through to clients, the government has commissioned ASIC to monitor and report on the extent to which product issuers are acting to end the grandfathering of conflicted remuneration." ...

Ban unsolicited life insurance sales: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... ASIC said the ban forms part of its broader priority to address harms in insurance. Once the ban is implemented, it will monitor compliance and take enforcement action against non-complying insurers or distributors. Consultation is open until August ...

Macquarie asset management business down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... culture and conduct and the evolution of Macquarie's approach following the Royal Commission. "We continue to review and monitor the outcomes and initiatives emanating from the Commission as well as key learnings as we continually improve our Group-wide ...

Standard Life Assurance fined for hawking non-advised annuities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... about enhanced annuities, including the option to shop around for a better deal, the FCA said. "It failed to adequately monitor calls between call handlers and customers and provide sufficient management information to enable senior management to identify ...

Advisers struggle with untapped SMSF market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The demand for self-managed superannuation fund advice has stagnated over the last decade, while overall satisfaction with financial planners has declined to a seven-year low. This is according to Vanguard and Investment Trends' March 2019 SMSF Report ...