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Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... Corporations and Financial Services - where ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell conceded the regulator has failed to effectively monitor advice provided by industry funds for its compliance with the best interests duty introduced under the Future of Financial ...

Cryptocurrency service providers now regulated: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... institutions under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, requiring financial institutions to monitor transactional activity and report suspicious actions to AUSTRAC, or movements of cash over $10,000. AUSTRAC chief executive ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The $738 billion asset manager has launched a new global ESG fund that will invest in fixed interest bonds of companies that shun tobacco, alcohol and gambling, among a variety of ESG factors. Dimensional already runs an existing sustainability strategy ...

IFM partners to slash carbon emissions in $12bn fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
IFM Investors, the $100 billion super fund investment consortium, is partnering to cut carbon emissions for Australia's largest infrastructure fund. Partnering with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), IFM will work to reduce emissions for the ...

AIST president and board director switch seats

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president David Smith is leaving his post after a two-year term and a board director has climbed up to the fill the presidency. Catherine Bolger will be AIST's new president. She has been a board director ...

CommInsure, OnePath enhance digital experience

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... claim. This enables ANZ to capture required information via the form, expediting the claims process. Advisers can also monitor the progress of clients' claims and their payment history. "It's really about working in partnership with the client, the adviser ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... misleading claims, the super fund was managing more than $100 million for 6000 members. The financial regulator said it will monitor new entrants to the superannuation industry to make sure their marketing and promotional claims are consistent with the ...

SMSF tool receives industry tick

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... circumstances and only for specific and legitimate purposes." In the bulletin the ATO also mentions it will continue to monitor reserve use by SMSFs, and close scrutiny will be applied to unexplained increases in the creation of new reserves, as well ...

Industry fund transformation sees rebrand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... million members, of which more than half are under the age of 30. Recently the fund launched an app which allows members to monitor their super and message Rest directly. It also previously launched Roger, a virtual customer service agent with the capability ...

Facebook scandal raises ESG concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
It's the data breach that led Edward Snowden to describe Facebook as a surveillance company rebranded as a social media one - and it's now having serious implications on ethical investment strategies. Summarised, Facebook is currently embroiled in multiple ...