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What is holding Aussie robo advisers back?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... found comparing to US market numbers from BackendBenchmarking's Robo Report. Fee structures in Australia are often broken down by the client's account balance while US robo advisers in US follow simpler fee structures. Further, US robo advisers ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... Productivity Commission, adding it was "no good putting more money into superannuation if that superannuation system is broken, as we believe it currently is." "I also think it's worthwhile for the government and for the retirement incomes tribunal ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... at 5.2% despite the increase in the participation rate from 65.9% to 66.0% in May. But at the risk of being branded as a broken record, the devil is in the details. Most of the gains in May's total employment were due to part-time jobs (up 39,800 ...

CBA owes staff $15 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... in their future, with fair pay and secure jobs they can count on," she said. "In banking, the rules are well and truly broken when the strongest, most profitable bank sets up systems that underpay already low-paid workers." CBA said in a statement the ...

Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... price paid by our community has been immense and goes beyond just the financial," Frydenberg said. "Businesses have been broken, and the emotional stress and personal pain have broken lives." The Royal Commission conducted seven rounds of public hearings ...

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... fast losing its premier mantle too. As for retail superannuation's regular business model, what wasn't already broken before, today the RC has taken to with a baseball bat. Super fund trustee conflicts of interest will be handled by laws tightened ...

Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... equity, according to founder and now chief investment officer and managing director Adrian Warner. "We don't want to buy broken down businesses with structural challenges," Warner said. "We are looking for mispricing in the market in companies that ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... 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 said the final report is a call for all political parties to fix an "outdated" ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... 2016, when the committee met to decide the variable pay of CBA's top executives, news of its CommInsure conduct had already broken in the newspapers. Unknown to the public, APRA and ASIC was investigating the bank's conduct in fees-for-no-service, misselling ...

Labor commits $400m to gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... predicts. ISA welcomed the announcement, labelling it a positive start to closing the gap. "The system is unforgiving of broken work patterns, and yet women still provide the lion's share of care. Once women return to the workforce, catching up on super ...