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Super fund board renewals need work: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... how self-reflective the board really is of its own performance," Cole said. "You can be "functional" and tick all the compliance boxes. Or you can take your trusteeship to another level by building a high performing board that puts the best financial ...

Financial planning avatars are the future

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... there that tech can help with. For example planners shouldn't be on the phone to Centrelink for an hour, she said. "Compliance by design is another area where I think technology has a huge amount of opportunity, because we are spending a lot of time ...

Never been more optimistic: Abood

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... the FPA's top priorities going forward, including a substantial reduction in the unnecessary red tape and duplicated compliance measures that add to the cost of advice, flexible professional standards, and an extension to the ASIC levy freeze. "Another ...

Fortnum launches new adviser support service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... demands of advice businesses and their clients. "Foundational licensee services like brokerage, product research and compliance remain essential, but they don't move the dial and they don't drive adviser satisfaction," he said. "Fortnum is focused on ...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Graham

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... to build the foundations of an advanced profession, only to be faced with continuous regulatory changes. A strategic compliance consultant with over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector, Graham said that the past five years have been ...

Mercer recruits from Hostplus

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
Mercer appointed its new chief risk and compliance officer in the Pacific region, Norlena Brouwer, who joins from Hostplus' executive team. She will commence the role in February next year and be responsible for delivering the firm's strategic priorities ...

Life after legalsuper: Proebstl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... services model for back-office functions." Proebstl noted that services that might fit such a model include regulatory/compliance, risk management, company secretariat, tax governance and optimisation, internal audit and cyber risk management. Services ...

ASIC issues more stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... due to disclosure concerns, and said it expects Finnia to consider the concerns raised and take steps to ensure TMD compliance. "Finnia will have an opportunity to make submissions before a decision is made about any final stop orders," it said. The ...

SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... increasing just 3.1% per annum. Despite these dampened metrics, Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said that the SMSF segment is still a huge pool of capital, particularly for fund managers able to attract ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... Security Act (ERISA) that holds the executive leadership of 401(k) sponsoring companies personally liable for fiduciary compliance, super schemes are more freely able to innovate based upon their best scientific, academic, and legal understanding, Mitchem ...