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AFA urges Independents to help change FOFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... requirements and opt-in, to "improve the clarity and certainty" of best interest, to make sure the ban on conflicted remuneration is not applied retrospectively, and a delay in the FOFA start date to ensure industry is "adequately prepared". Association ...

FSC makes move on fund governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Corporate Governance Policy will cover the independence of superannuation chairpersons and directors, the disclosure of remuneration, conflicts of interest, environmental, social and corporate governance considerations and proxy voting. More specifically ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... duty would remain as is. It also allowed for the provision of scaled advice and rejected the premise that commission remuneration for advisers should be allowed inside superannuation if personal advice is delivered, rather than being based on the type ...

ASIC wants more pay disclosure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Companies need to up their game on executive and director remuneration disclosure, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. A review of 50 remuneration reports from 300 of Australia's largest companies for the year ended June ...

Triple engagement but 17 firms get first strike

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... new report, which gauges the impact of the rule six months after its introduction, identified higher scrutiny of remuneration and governance issues than in previous years. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital's corporate governance manager, said that as a shareholder ...

Pricing competition risks net returns from MySuper: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... for debate over the coming year. "In particular, the existing ability for superannuation funds not to report the remuneration of directors has come under attack," explained Brogden, adding, "we support APRA's proposals to further align corporate governance ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... government was committed to introducing regulations whereby shareholders would be "empowered" through voting on executives remuneration agreements. "The absolute key, what does need to happen and what will happen is clear transparency in terms of the ...

ASIC releases FOFA guidance plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
ASIC will release regulatory guidance on best interest duty, scaled advice, conflicted remuneration and ASIC powers before July 1 2012, the regulator said today. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released its regulatory ...

RaboDirect launches Online SMSF

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... (SMSF) market, RaboDirect has created Online SMSF which is said does not lock investors into bundled fee packages or remuneration structures such as specific investments, administration platforms or broking services for listed securities. Supported by ...

FOFA Tranche 2 reforms tabled in Parliament today

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... through both houses. Included in the Tranche 2 Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms are the banning of conflicted remuneration payments that influence financial advice proposals and amendments to the Best Interest Duty. Under the FOFA proposal to ...