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Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... support companies to manage their own climate-related risk and opportunities over the short, medium and long term, in the best financial interests of the entity and its shareholders." Longo said ASIC will develop and issue regulatory guidance on climate-related ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... was to continue investing in the underperforming option in one way or another. Eleven files demonstrated breaches of the best interests duty and appropriate advice obligation, primarily in relation to the underperforming product, including no explanation ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... Super chief executive Kate Farrar said what the QAR ultimately means is Australians having better outcomes and accessing the "best possible retirement." "What I think you will see in the APRA sector is a whole lot more advice delivered [in a way] that ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... they want. Finally, the use of annuities for members or cohorts of members should not be mandated, it said; "Trustees are best placed to create investment strategies for their members." "SMC supports retirement solutions that balance the risk of money ...

Court fines Linchpin, Endeavour directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... act as a reminder to directors of responsible entities that operate managed investment schemes that they must act in the best interests of members."

New enhancements to Expand, CFS Edge

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... Colonial First State (CFS), the new offering was designed in response to feedback from advisers, helping them meet Best Interest Duty obligations through low-cost and flexible solutions. "The Accelerate Series delivers a full-service managed account ...

Adviser with Investport links sees ban affirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
A financial adviser who failed to act in her clients' best interests by recommending they invest in the Investport scheme she was receiving loans from has seen her two-year ban affirmed by an appeals tribunal. Pamela Anderson was a financial adviser ...

Final QAR reforms open door to super funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
In its final response to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR), the government plans to modernise the best interests duty and amend the Statement of Advice (SoA), while also granting approval for superannuation funds to provide personal advice. In its ...

Young women report low financial literacy: NAB

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... together a budget; it extends to understanding how to manage a credit card to your advantage and being able to figure out the best way to make big purchases happen." Chambers said the research found that individuals displaying overconfidence in their ...

Product modernisation will strengthen retirement outcomes: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... trustees may appropriately conclude that transferring a consumer (and triggering tax obligations) would not satisfy their best financial interest duties. "The FSC supports performance testing of superannuation products, however flaws in the current design ...
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