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Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Australian superannuation funds could take the country's agriculture sector to the next level in global competitiveness but they will need help in doing so. Industry Super Australia has published a discussion paper that responds to calls for the $2 ...

Daintree launches fixed income trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... and cash; it requires a minimum investment amount of $25,000, according to the PDS. "All securities must carry a Standard & Poor's rating (or equivalent) of BB- or higher at the time of purchase," it said. "We believe that our clients should achieve ...

Westpac to review history of new applicants

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... service to our customers." ABA chief executive Anna Bligh said banks recognise they need to do more to stop individuals with poor conduct records moving around the industry and escaping detection, with the background checks able to go back up to five ...

Macquarie pays the price for poor advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Macquarie Equities has shelled out almost $25 million in compensation in the past three years as part of its enforceable undertaking with ASIC. The corporate regulator published an update yesterday as to the remediation program's status, saying it is ...

Actuaries warn against one size fits all retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... members at retirement, including relevant social security implications for members with low account balances and those in poor health. Funds may develop longevity protection products or offer their own account based pension and utilise longevity protection ...

Fintech success insignificant so far: Fahy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... and resources to drive innovation and value-adding technology is very inhibited." For this reason Fahy said government is a poor incubator of superannuation innovation and technologically-driven change and efficiency. Though Fahy said the transformation ...

AI to influence consumer trust: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... influential in consumer decision-making, as we know. Social media has magnified and intensified this... companies that have poor behaviour will be increasingly held accountable for their poor behaviour. So, if you're not behaving correctly, in addition ...

Insurance giant partners to combine life and health

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... time, Choice campaigns manager Erin Turner questioned the move, suggesting that bundled life/health products may lead to poor consumer outcomes. "We need to be careful about merging life and health insurance because these are already such complex products ...

Big four hammer bank levy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... staff or some combination of all four," Maxsted said. NAB chair Ken Henry expressed similar sentiments, saying the relevant "poor public policy" would cost his bank about $350 million each year, and that NAB would "continue to strongly object to this ...

Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... comment on. NAB also released its submission to Treasury this week, staunchly opposing the levy. "NAB believes the levy is poor policy and, accordingly, does not support it. The levy is not just on banks, it is a tax on every Australian who benefits ...