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The most powerful driver of risk culture in super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
According to a KPMG risk management trends in superannuation report, governance is believed to be the most powerful driver of risk culture in super, but some frameworks have deficiencies. KPMG said funds have established a risk culture framework which ...

Life insurer claims under regulator watch

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
ASIC has called life insurers to review the accuracy of their systems and controls for claims calculations and payments. This follows theidentification of systems failures in the incorrect applications of consumer price indexations (CPI)'s to life insurance ...

BT head joins Colonial First State

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) has expanded its leadership team, hiring Chris Mather as its new executive director of new business. CFS group executive of distribution Bryce Quirk said: "Chris is an accomplished financial services executive and senior leader ...

Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... recession, but Tadgell said Australia is in a better position than Europe and the US. "I think it's really a difficult call," he said. "The existential question at the moment is how far central banks will have to push interest rates to get inflation ...

AMG Super to take on fledgling super product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
The superannuation offering of an ASX-listed fintech will merge with AMG Super later this month following a ruling by its trustee. Raiz Invest Super, the super solution offered by micro investing platform Raiz, will become a division of AMG Super on ...

Regional commercial real estate to run hot: REIA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... 56% as international migration resumes for the second year at significant scale, with an anticipated 235,000 people set to call Australia home next financial year. "All of these changing factors offer a unique set of opportunities and challenges in the ...

Delayed reforms put pensioners at risk: OECD

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
The OECD Pensions Outlook 2022 says that continuing with reforms to asset-backed pension arrangements is essential to improving retirement outcomes and the sustainability of retirement incomes, thereby building more inclusive pension systems. While ...

Crescent Wealth responds to PDS error criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
Crescent Wealth has responded to a significant event notice that said the fund's estimated costs weren't calculated or disclosed correctly, calling the coverage of its errors "misrepresented." Equity Trustees, the trustee of Crescent Wealth ...

HNWs recalibrate investment goals: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... worth of assets to the next generation, equating to around 70% of their total assets. Financial advisers are the main port of call for inter-generational planning discussions, the most pertinent areas being tax optimisation and wealth preservation. Guiamatsia ...

SMSF auditors in hot water

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
ASIC has acted against six self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors for breaches of independence requirements and auditing standards. Between June 29 to September 30, ASIC disqualified three SMSF auditors from being registered, imposed additional ...