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APRA delivers poor super fund ultimatum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
It is crunch time for poor performing superannuation funds which will soon be asked to "gracefully exit the industry" if they cannot meet revisions to regulatory frameworks. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) deputy chair Helen Rowell ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... technology firm Capital Preferences has developed a SaaS (Software as a Service) behavioural profiling and portfolio assessment platform, TrueProfile. It replaces client questionnaires and other traditional data collection methods with game theory and ...

Industry fund appoints governance and risk head

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... operated as a manager in the specialised institutions division, leading analysts in the prudential supervision and risk assessment of large and complex industry funds. In June, Equip confirmed its merger with the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund - ...

Peer-learning popular among self-licensed advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... templates that cover brand positioning, pricing methodologies, client psychology and an end-to-end client experience assessment. The tools and templates are highly practical, allowing firms to implement them quickly and easily, Marshall said.

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

ANZ Wealth partners for mental health support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... will also be offered the support of a Caseworks registered nurse to visit their home and guide them through the claim assessment process. In the past 12 months, 11% of the total claims paid out by ANZ Wealth have been due to mental illness, with ANZ ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... "Uncertainty" at the 7th Warren Hogan Memorial Lecture in Sydney last week. This is where he told the audience that, "our assessment is that there still remains a sizeable degree of spare capacity in the labour market". Well, of course, it depends on ...

Mastering education skillsets will be long-term: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... gaining proficiency in many of these competencies takes longer than one year, which has implications for an exam or assessment at the end of the first professional year. It also has implications for ongoing professional development which is now seen ...

New research director joins APP Securities

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Following on from its partnership with Ignition Wealth, investment banking and stockbroking firm APP Securities has appointed a new research director to replace Russell Wright. David Fraser joins APP Securities from Shaw and Partners, where he was a ...

APRA pushes for greater control over super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... occurred with Trio." Rowell welcomed the proposal to replace the legislated MySuper 'scale test' with a broader 'outcomes assessment' as the existing scale test is insufficient to indicate whether a trustee is providing quality or value-for-money outcomes ...