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Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The banking, superannuation and financial services Royal Commission has made 76 recommendations to address industry misconduct and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Federal Government will act on each of them. The Treasurer has put the blame of industry ...

Advisers question value of best interests duty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
One in five financial advisers disagrees or strongly disagrees the best interests duty was necessary to raise industry standards. And more than 70% believe the duty has not improved advice quality. These are two of 11 findings from research released ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
I've got chills, they're multiplying and I fear that the RBA is about to lose control. Apologies for sounding like doctor gloom lately but the list of stats indicating that the Australian central bank would be forced into a counter-offensive ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
As the Reserve Bank of Australia holds the cash rate at 1.5%, economic conversations are moving from a rise to a cut. AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver earlier this month said the RBA could cut to 1% by the end of 2019, with the first rate cut ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
A Melbourne bond manager won a $180 million mandate from UniSuper as the super fund increased its allocation to fixed income. UniSuper appointed Jamieson Coote Bonds to manage about $180 million in Australian government bonds in November. The mandate ...

AFSL to begin independent review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
ASIC ordered that an Australian Financial Services Licensee appoint an independent expert to review the implementation of its compliance framework. The regulator said it is concerned with the adequacy and effectiveness of Kaz Capital's compliance framework ...

Aussies want budget help: MoneySoft

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
An Aussie fintech says budgeting and cashflow management are more important to young people than holistic financial advice. Citing findings from ING and Rice Warner's MyGeneration report released late last year, MoneySoft today said budgeting and cashflow ...

Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
"Patient and flexible". These are the two words the US Federal Reserve has us mulling over with regards to the conduct of its monetary policy over the course of 2019. How patient and flexible? The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability of the fed funds ...

Government needs to rethink CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
The government should abandon the Retirement Income Covenant proposed last year, if it can't sufficiently remediate its flaws by the deadline, the Productivity Commission says in the final report. Treasury has already extended the deadline on Comprehensive ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Major industry associations collectively agree that the Productivity Commission's final report reaffirms the strength of superannuation, but member advocates say the findings are wake up call to fix a broken system. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland ...