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New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... APRA to consider the complexities behind assessing lifecycle funds, so the heatmap analysis should reflect metrics that are fair, accurate, diversification of investment strategies and innovation. This fell on deaf ears as Rowell clarified that APRA ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... wasn't boring. Financial advice After the myriad of reforms brought about by the Royal Commission, it might have been fair for the average financial adviser to go into 2020 less than optimistic. As the pandemic hit, advisers had the tough job of ...

Retail fund ups premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... implementing these changes, we are ensuring that we continue to build on the features of Living Super to ensure it remains a fair value, competitive solution for our members," ING Living Super said. This will affect members with income protection policies ...

ASIC explores value for money in default group insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... period. This may be an intentional design feature of some group insurance, ASIC said. ASIC said this raises questions about how fair group insurance is. The regulator wants to see trustees collect and analyse data to monitor and review member outcomes ...

Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... to show investors that they have appropriate oversight and effective governance frameworks in place to ensure respectful, fair and ongoing engagement with traditional owners." HESTA supported all the inquiry's recommendations. The Standing Committee ...

Aberdeen Standard pulls plug on Aussie fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
Aberdeen Standard Investments will stop offering Australian fixed income strategies, after a strategic reconfiguration of the business. The team is currently led by Garreth Innes as head of Australian fixed income, including a $180 million income fund ...

Magnolia bids for real estate agency

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... the offer price undervalued AU1. Another independent report by Nexia Peth Corporate Finance described said report as "not fair." The bid provides a "real alternative proposal" in the absence of another proposal, Magnolia said. "Magnolia looks forward ...

S&P DJI ventures into crypto indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... Data, which provides validated crypto master data and mappings to support trading, operations and audits; and Lukka Prime, a fair market value-focused pricing methodology for crypto assets. In launching the products, S&P DJI wants to meet investor demand ...

ASIC consults on consumer remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... important," ASIC acting chair Karen Chester said. "Ensuring that the processes for returning this money are efficient and fair is central to consumer confidence and trust in financial products and services and in the firms themselves." Since October ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... breached its duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, such as its obligation to ensure expenses incurred are fair and reasonable. All the investments and asset allocations of the 401(k) were performed by the trustee, the US investment ...