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Catholic Super backs Modern Slavery Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... and age. "Overall, self-monitoring and self-reporting have not driven adequate awareness of slavery risks and have allowed poor levels of transparency and accountability," Davidson said.

ASIC slams SMSF advice, flags further education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... SMSF qualification for those wishing to provide SMSF advice. "Through this project, we have seen an unacceptable level of poor quality advice despite the information and guidance that we have already provided to the sector. We believe these results indicate ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The Shanghai Composite index's drop into bear market territory may have elicited some negative Trump thoughts, but China's response - through the accompanying depreciation of the yuan may have been "I'm taking you with me." Such is the ugliness ...

ESG reporting strong through 2017: ACSI

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... Deakin University ranked Domino's last in a national study measuring fast food chain effort in combatting national obesity and poor nutrition. The ACSI report found 35 ASX200 companies made considerable improvement in the quality of disclosure over a ...

Super fund rationalisation painful: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... superannuation to rationalisation that took place in the credit union industry whereby larger entities took over smaller entities with poor performing loan books. Some poor performing funds are almost in denial and "preserving" the situation because ...

Super industry critiques PC draft report

KARREN VERGARA AND STEPHEN FAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... needs to take place in the short-term, and highlighted the historical evidence of advisers continually putting clients in poor performing funds - whether it be in SMSF or in products for the institutions they are aligned to. She recommended that the ...

ASIC drags Westpac to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
ASIC has initiated civil penalty proceedings against Westpac in relation to a Perth financial planner whose poor advice has already seen the bank foot a $12 million bill to remediate clients. Sudhir Sinha provided financial advice in the Perth area ...

Active shortfalls see pension fund fee restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... potential for active outperformance is limited. GPIF also conceded underperformance may be due to the pension fund being a "poor selector of asset managers." "GPIF itself recognises that it has room to improve its selection abilities and is working hard ...

ASIC issues warning over Dover advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... ensuring they have robust recruitment and monitoring practices, particularly when appointing advisers from an AFSL with a poor compliance history. In doing so, the regulator referenced previous warnings issued following action taken against Aliom Pty ...

Industry fund calls for tougher SMSF rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... balances (less than $1 million) perform "significantly worse" than APRA-regulated funds. Using ATO data, it highlighted the poor performance of SMSFs with lower balances as unsustainable and posing a major risk to members. The PC noted the SMSF sector ...