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Responsible Investment Association Australasia chief executive, Simon O’Connor writes that while ESG investing may have become mainstream it is still a work in progress....
Funds management
The funds that have incorporated responsible investing principles outperformed most mainstream Australian and international peers, according to a report by the Responsibl...
Superannuation
According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority just because a superannuation fund member implements an investment strategy decision, doesn’t mean the account...
Life/Risk
New data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed just how much advisers help customers at claim time....
Superannuation
Confusion reigns among self-managed super fund trustees, members and administrators about the upcoming SuperStream changes at the end of November, 2019. ...
Superannuation
Making her first official address as Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume has today confirmed that the Morrison Government intends to return to the Pr...
Life/Risk
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s latest Life Insurance Institution-level statistics publication has managed to paint a picture of the industry as it was u...
Superannuation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s decision to impose new licensing conditions on AMP’s superannuation businesses could not have come at a worse time, with ...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has imposed new conditions on AMP’s superannuation businesses including board renewal and removal of conflicts of interest....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has imposed new conditions on AMP’s superannuation businesses including board renewal and removal of conflicts of interest....
Policy & Regulation
The newly-installed Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Senator Jane Hume, is being asked to review why the Government did not compensate some Trio/Astarra collaps...
Life/Risk
Disability insurance is continuing to significantly drag on the bottom lines of the major insurers despite goodwill “discrete goodwill write-offs”...
Financial planning
The weakening in the Australian economy has been triggered by a protracted downturn in the housing market, according to Fitch Ratings....
Superannuation
Rice Warner has warned that the Coalition’s election doesn’t mean the superannuation industry will see a period of policy stability, with some areas of possible reform in...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has put a number of financial institutions on notice that their governance arrangements are such that they risk being subje...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...