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Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
The Parliament has approved a Government motion to repeal key amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms in a move that has taken other MPs and industry stakeholders by complete surprise. The repeal affects the Government's proposed ...

Court fines SMSF admin for "free setup" ads

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
The Federal Court of Australia has fined Superannuation Warehouse Australia (SWA) for misleading "free setup" advertising. ASIC commenced legal action against SWA in May for advertising self-managed superannuation fund setup services on two separate ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... from 11.0% and business credit growth accelerating to 5.3% - the fastest in more than 3 years - from 4.7%. Look again. Notice that business credit's negative growth between 2009 and 2011? Did we get a recession back then? The transmission of monetary ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... Asia is a key part of the PRI's three-year strategy, and GPIF signing the principles will make others in the region take notice of responsible investment. Prime Minister Abe announcing the news to the United Nations demonstrates the significance of this ...

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... a monthly basis to 7 July 2016. He will also be entitled to a three-month payment to 30 September 2016 given a 12-month notice written into Smith's existing contract. Elliott's fixed remuneration will be $2.1 million with incentive targets that could ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Like most of Australia's major industries, the future prosperity for the financial services sector clearly lies in Asia. Australians constantly talk of the economic opportunity presented by the three billion people that will be in the Asian middle class ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has flagged new developments in post-retirement as an area it will be monitoring closely. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Roll out the barrel, roll out the barrel of fun... for it's gonna be a good day, gonna be a good, good day for Australian equities. Well, at least at the open with the SPI futures trading up 36 points. Yes, at the open, for we've been here many, many ...

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
ASIC's actions against the financial services industry have decreased by 10% in the first half of 2015, from 90 in the previous six months to 81. Referencing the compensation programs underway at Macquarie and CBA, ASIC noted in its half-yearly enforcement ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Capturing an audience in the superannuation industry remains a challenge and in recent months several funds have rolled out new marketing campaigns to attract the biggest possible market. The question is, which Australians are paying attention? Breakfast ...