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Mine Super to close Choice option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... another selection, the fund said. The recent Choice heatmaps from APRA painted the Conservative Balanced option crimson for its poor returns, achieving net return of 4.50% over eight years to June 2022 and 3.60% over five years. Two other Mine Super ...

Issuers must lift DDO game: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... DDO deficiencies across the board, and by large and small product issuers alike," said ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester. "Poor product design or distribution puts retail investors at risk of financial harm, ending up in products that don't meet their ...

Wealth inequality divides Australia: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
Rich Australians who possess $1.9 million on average make up nearly two thirds of total household wealth, a new study finds. A new paper from the Actuaries Institute, Not a level playing field, examined the wealthiest and poorest 20% of the population ...

Adopt QAR recommendations now: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... their customers want and expect - to give good advice," she said. Levy said her final recommendations will ensure just that. "Poor or even average advice is not good advice. Good advice will be advice that is fit for the customer's purpose," she ...

JPMorgan among banks to bid in First Republic sale

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... long-awaited review of SVB's collapse by the Federal Reserve. In its report, the Fed explained the bank's demise was down to poor management, regulation error and its own oversight. "SVB's senior leadership failed to manage basic interest ...

ASX red alert: Soaring negative cash flows raise concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
Research by Plato Investment Management found 28% of ASX-listed companies have negative cash flow - more than any nation in the MSCI World index. Plato's head of long short strategies David Allen warned of the prevalence of negative operating cash ...

SQM reveals top, worst rated ASX200 equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
SQM Research is now applying its five-star rating system to ASX200 companies, with a new tool for financial advisers and high-net-worth investors. Shares Professional is a new ratings service for the financial advice community, using SQM's quantitative ...

YFYS sanctions don't help existing members: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... business model, not a punishment. The Choice heatmaps revealed two thirds of products that are closed to new members were poor or 'significantly' poor performing products, leading ISA to say the Your Future, Your Super (YSYF) sanction of closing funds ...

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A host of Equity Trustees and OnePath options once again dominated the worst-performing and most expensive Choice products in APRA's newly published heatmap results. Of the 407 options with an eight-year return history APRA analysed, 182 or 45% ...

Adviser complaints rise, super complaints decrease

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... statistics show that 145 financial services and insurance companies went bust in the 2022 financial year. Under capitalisation, poor business management, fraud, trading losses, inadequate cashflow or overspending, and poor financial control were the ...