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The future of advice fee structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... separation of product fees from advice fees is the first step in addressing that underlying conflict. "It imposes transparency upon the system, which is key to sustaining consumer best interests. It allows consumers to better understand what service ...

Nikko AM creates lead diversity role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... to her existing role, Stefanie Drews has been appointed diversity advocate, responsible for ensuring inclusion and transparency in all aspects of diversity. "Operating across nine countries, Nikko AM employees represent 30 nationalities and it is this ...

Unpaid super reaches $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... shift the frequency of SG payments from quarterly to monthly or fortnightly to align with wage payments and enhance transparency." Finally Linden said the policy lacks clarity around an employee's ordinary time earnings and salary sacrificed ordinary ...

ANZ adds to OnePath capability

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... Riskworks MyClaim. The tool is designed to allow trustees and members to have better claims discussions with added transparency and clarity over the status of claims. ANZ Wealth head of insurance Gerard Kerr commented that the new portals added what ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... decoupling of default super from industrial laws will increase competition in the sector, with increased governance and transparency ensuring greater financial benefit to consumers in retirement. FSC chief executive Sally Loane acknowledged the PC's ...

Life insurance data improving: Regulators

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... regime will regularly publish reliable and comparable aggregated industry and insurer-specific data to improve the transparency of life insurance claims practices. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell commented that previous life insurance data was of low reliability ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
I'm all for transparency but some discussions or disagreements are better resolved behind closed doors. Not for the limelight/spotlight-hogging president of the US. Donald Trump didn't take to Twitter this time, he penned an open letter to tell ...

Industry fund increases life insurance engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... Members can access greater understanding of their life insurance as well as submit claims through the platform, seeing transparency the whole way along," Smith explains. "It's effectively lifting the lid on what was a bit of a black box; you'd fill out ...

Artificial intelligence to become commonplace at instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... institutions, technology enablers, regulators and governments is vital to supporting the efficiency, security and transparency emerging technology can bring," she said. In 2017, Northern Trust reportedly launched the first commercial deployment of blockchain ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... brand with a reputation for delivering insightful and high quality investment ideas. We also brought much needed transparency to markets and held management teams accountable for misleading disclosures and in some cases, outright fraud," Aandahl said.In ...