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ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Major industry associations collectively agree that the Productivity Commission's final report reaffirms the strength of superannuation, but member advocates say the findings are wake up call to fix a broken system. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland ...

Frontier Advisors builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
Frontier has hired a senior consultant for its equities research team as it recruits for key senior roles across the business. James Gunn will start in the senior consultant role on January 7, working closely with Frontier's head of equities research ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... Commission. In February 2018, the insurer announced it would refund $1.5 million to thousands of customers as a result of poor sales practices, including using unfair and high pressure sales tactics to sell life insurance direct to consumers between ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
Investors who firmly believe that fixed income is a safety net in times of market volatility - and followed through by ditching equities - have been well-rewarded for their efforts. Investors in Australia who switched to bonds at the end of October ...

ASIC drags RG97 transition period

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... she said. "Improving fee and cost disclosure in superannuation is vitally important both for consumers and regulators, but poor disclosure is not going to help anyone and could lead to serious unintended consequences." Scheerlinck added the AIST is urging ...

FPA reviews disciplinary regulations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... be appointed as necessary to the CRC. Guidelines outlining what constitutes grounds for dismissal or a minor instance of poor conduct, as well as general guidelines on appropriate sanctions should also be introduced, Boucher recommended. A review of ...

Complainants most satisfied with life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... the last year did in fact do so. Those who took action were prompted mainly by unfair fees and charges (47%), followed by poor customer service (25%) and a decision made by the company they didn't agree with (17%). For complainants who did follow ...

Lifecycle super can be better: Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... investment risk would depend on where members' balances are versus their targeted objective. If, for example, returns have been poor, and a member's expected balance is below their target, then a high risk investment strategy would be adopted until they ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
The "mother of all eco stats" - the US employment report - has been released. But it was neither here nor there and by the looks of it, it didn't make an iota of a difference that the Fed will raise the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points ...

New mortality study adds to retirement conversation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... choose to invest in pooled retirement income products have longer life expectancies (lower mortality rates) because those in poor health do not purchase a product that could see them lose their capital on death," the report said. "Longevity can also ...