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More work to do on reportable situations compliance, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... ASIC because of deficient internal processes and poor monitoring of compliance with the reportable situations regime, a review found. Recent surveillance by ASIC found financial services and credit licensees have some way to go in ensuring they're compliant ...

Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
An independent review by Deloitte has found little evidence to suggest Cbus' pricey relationship with the CFMEU is in the best financial interests of members. It also found the fund's processes for determining the propriety of board directors ...

Trustees, advisers have 'insufficient focus' on performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... investment options and products that "persistently failed to perform as anticipated". "To be clear, the objective of our review was not to make judgements about whether a particular option should be made available or recommended to members. Nor did we ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... Kirkland said. "While there may be reasonable explanations for some of these variances, we encourage firms to carefully review our report and guidance to assist in reporting complete and accurate IDR data. Starting from next year, we'll be publishing ...

Firms treat CSLR as 'insurance policy': FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
As the number of AFSL cancellations pile up due to the non-payment of Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determinations, far too many financial services firms are taking advantage of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), treating ...

Prime Super refreshes executive lineup

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
After six months in the fund's top job, Raelene Seales has bolstered the executive leadership by hiring four new executives and promoting two staffers from within. Having reshaped Prime Super's operations and structure, her immediate priority ...

Objective of super enshrined in law

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... Superannuation Guarantee and was first recommended by the Financial Systems Inquiry in 2014 and reinforced in the Retirement Income Review of 2020. Super Members Council chief executive Misha Schubert welcomed the bill's passage, adding that it's appropriate ...

Australian Retirement Trust primed for growth: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... home to a "high calibre investment leadership team playing to their strengths," but warned of key person risks. In its review of the $305 billion-plus super fund, Morningstar has highlighted its investment team's prowess, the design and application of ...

Regulators warn of possible issues with FAR reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... be kept to a minimum," they said. Cole and Court said banking, insurance and superannuation entities are encouraged to review the observations and areas for further consideration. "Where entities fail to comply with their obligations under the FAR, the ...

Can technology help advisers service the masses?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... a government regulatory perspective," he said. This outcome mirrors that of the UK government's Retail Distribution Review (RDR), which has been blamed for worsening the advice gap. "What that did was force a lot of retail advisers into the wholesale ...