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One measure not enough to revoke MySuper: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... the risk of persistent underperformance." With the Royal Commission set to turn its attention to superannuation fund governance, APRA said it agreed with the Productivity Commission's assertion that improvement was required, consistent with its recent ...

AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... Ethics Authority's 12 draft standards, pointing to numerous areas that need clarity and focus, particularly around governance at the licensee level. The AFA said FASEA doesn't go far enough to include licensees in the code of ethics or addresses how ...

CBA settles with AUSTRAC for $700m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... started implementing our response to the recommendations provided to us by our prudential regulator, APRA, to ensure our governance, culture and accountability frameworks and practices meet the high standards expected of us," Comyn added. CBA said it ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... leadership forum in Canberra today. The scorecard is based on an integration of five core capabilities: strategy and governance, understanding and engaging consumers, financial advice, investment strategies and products, and assessment of consumer outcomes. ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... FSC said the decoupling of default super from industrial laws will increase competition in the sector, with increased governance and transparency ensuring greater financial benefit to consumers in retirement. FSC chief executive Sally Loane acknowledged ...

APRA urges super funds to examine board skills

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... superannuation entities (RSEs) a letter this week outlining the findings of its thematic review into super fund board governance practices. APRA said the review focused on board composition, appointment and renewal, as well as approaches to board performance ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... these, the asset owner decides its strategic asset allocation before moving to set asset class objectives; and finally a governance model oversees or monitors the approach at regular intervals. Speaking at the 2018 Willis Towers Watson Ideas Exchange ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... Carbon Risk Score based on company-level carbon risk assessments from Sustainalytics, a provider of ESG and corporate governance ratings and research. The assessments can also be viewed among a larger set of 70 Morningstar portfolio Carbon Metrics that ...

SEC cracks down on fee transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... operations and compliance. Cybersecurity is also an area of interest, as programs initiated by the SEC will prioritise governance and risk assessment, access rights and controls, data loss prevention, vendor management, training and incident response. ...

CBA advice compensation bill balloons

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Index at this year's World Economic Forum. The index considers how organisations balance social, environmental and governance performance while delivering superior returns to investors.