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ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... 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. "Although some companies are leading the way, devoting resources ...

Direct life insurance review underway: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... developed to review cultures within firms." ASIC is not looking to regulate a firms' culture, Saadat noted, but understands that poor culture can drive behaviour and consequently poor consumer outcomes. Insurers will need to demonstrate how it sets performance ...

Labor unyielding on banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... but that the Royal Commission deal with developments in financial regulation more broadly, and won't just be in relation to poor behaviour." He expressed his frustrations over the super guarantee being "stuck at 9.5%" and should Labor be elected, Bowen ...

Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... method by which investors can incorporate environmental, social, and governance factors - such as whether a company uses poor labor policies thereby exposing them to a higher risk of fines or bad press into their decision making process - but is not ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Agriculture Census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors as the total value of Australia's agriculture production continues to rise. During 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... and trusts who are unable to secure a bank loan for a variety of reasons including borrowers who are asset rich but cash poor, and unusual or urgent deals. "We don't fund the loans that banks don't want. Rather, it's the ones they can't do, or fund quickly ...

FoFA should also protect retail banking customers: FSU

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... and financial sector, FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano called for consistency in regulating pay models that encourage poor behaviour to sell products "at all costs" across the wider industry. "Why should a customer seeking advice from their bank ...

Super funds fight for financial inclusion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... places people and families at risk of financial hardships including poverty, vulnerability to predatory lending practices and poor social, emotional and health outcomes." Independent economist Saul Eslake estimates that in ten years from now, the program ...

RG 133 review reveals poor compliance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... entities of managed investment schemes with asset holding requirements are falling short of ASIC expectations, showing generally poor levels of understanding and compliance with Regulatory Guide 133. These findings form part of an ASIC report outlining ...

CBA advice compensation reaches $29m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... had outcomes issued. So far, the bank has determined that 73.1% cases assessed received appropriate advice; 7.1% involved poor or incorrectly implemented advice that did not lead to financial loss for customers; 14.1% received poor advice that resulted ...