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Rest increases admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Members of the $54 billion industry super fund will see their administration fees go up next month and will no longer see the benefit of tax deductions related to insurance premiums. Rest has notified members their admin fees will rise from November ...

Daniel Crennan resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
ASIC deputy chair Daniel Crennan has resigned following revelations his remuneration exceeded the regulator's salary cap. Senator Mathias Cormann tabled a statement from Crennan during Senate Estimates this morning at the request of Treasury. "In ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
ASIC chair James Shipton has stepped aside pending the outcome of a review into his remuneration arrangements. Tabling the 2019/20 ASIC annual report today and addressing the Senate Estimates committee, Shipton flagged certain relocation expenses incurred ...

NAB adds to wealth client remediation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
National Australia Bank has added to its existing $2 billion bill for customer remediation, upping its provisions for wealth clients ahead of its full year results. The bank has increased its provisions for customer remediation to $266 million after ...

Worst investment ideas revealed: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
The research team behind ARK Invest have released a new 'bad ideas report', revealing the industries they believe investors should avoid. Top of the list of bad ideas was physical bank branches, as the ARK researchers think consumer banking will shift ...

Future Fund asked to table detailed fee spend

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
At the budget estimates this morning, the Future Fund was asked to provide its fee spend by each asset class, instead of the total-portfolio figure it usually reports. The $163 billion sovereign wealth fund uses 'total portfolio approach' meaning ...

Through good and bad: Advisers add value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Despite COVID-19 volatility, financial advisers have managed to deliver value of 5.2% or more each year to clients, according to new research. It's the key finding of Russell Investments' Value of an Adviser Report for 2020, saying this is the case ...

Still a way to go on mental health: SuperFriend

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The financial and insurance services industry is one of the most thriving workplaces but there is still work to be done for mental health in the workplace, according to new research. Mental health organisation SuperFriend's research: Indicators of a ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the foreign exchange risk reserve ratio for forward contracts to 0% from 20% over the weekend, effectively giving its blessing to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio ...

Aware Super announces $1bn property project

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
Aware Super has announced the acquisition of a 90% interest in a $1 billion project in New York as part of the fund's partnership with Lendlease. The property is 1 Java Street, Brooklyn and has an estimated end development value of $1 billion. The development ...