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QSuper bets on new retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... aiming to create a framework for Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs). Such products will meet minimum standards and provide higher income than an account-based pension drawn down at minimum rates. The review found the use of annuities ...

APRA takes action against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
The prudential regulator has launched action against Westpac over material breaches of liquidity standards. The breaches, which were identified during 2019 and 2020, relate to the incorrect treatment of specific funding and loan products for the purposes ...

Government backs disciplinary body in principle

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... 2009 to ensure tax agent services are provided to the public in accordance with appropriate professional and ethical standards.

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... comprehensive reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework. Greater transparency would ...

FASEA reveals October exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
The majority of financial advisers who sat the most recent exam passed, according to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. FASEA has released the most recent exam statistics, which show 76% of advisers passed the October sitting. There ...

Count Financial targets growth with new hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... licensee model borne by the adviser to member firms and rejigged its adviser cohort to ensure they meet the professional standards in place. At its recent annual general meeting, CountPlus chief executive Matthew Rowe Rowe said a further 240 financial ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... enrolments as they do not meet the minimum requirements for entry into financial advice as set by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. However, AQSA will introduce three new courses: FNS60920 Advanced Diploma of Paraplanning, FNS40920 ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... negative screens to exclude companies in controversial industries and those that run afoul of ethical and environmental standards," Morningstar said. "In practice, the screens of Vanguard's ESG passive strategies do not differentiate the funds from ...

ASIC investigates ASX

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... trading of multiple securities in a single order creating inaccurate market data. "The outage falls short of the high standards we set ourselves and the standards others expect of us," ASX chief executive and managing director Dominic Stevens said at ...

Confusion over retirement income objectives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... the system," the report read. It does suggest that the objective for the retirement income system delivers adequate standards of living in retirement in an equitable, sustainable and cohesive way. But this is "ambiguous" and must be elaborated. In terms ...