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Superannuation

Improved data sharing would help super members make better decisions about insurance, the ISWG believes....

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Financial planning

Labor’s proposed Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry represents an inquiry looking for something to inquire about, according to the Ministe...

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Funds management

Australian responsible investment funds continue to outperform their average mainstream counterparts, according to RIAA....

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Funds management

Super funds which look offshore for equity opportunities will face new risks, according to Parametric’s study....

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Funds management

Hamilton Lane has opened a Sydney office in efforts to provide Australian investors with private market investment expertise....

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Superannuation

A victims’ group affected by the Trio Capital fraud have alleged incompetence by ASIC in failing to hold to account criminals involved in the fraud case....

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Funds management

Morningstar has downgraded Hunter Hall International’s funds from ‘neutral’ to ‘negative’ following Peter Hall’s resignation, indicating funds management is a personality...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has tasked the Productivity Commission with making far-reaching recommendations on the future of the superannuation industry with particular refere...

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Policy & Regulation

The ABA said today the industry’s Code of Banking Practice was on track to be finalised by the end of the 2017, which it said was ambitious but necessary....

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Life/Risk

The Life Insurance Code of Practice regime started on 1 July and has included new minimum medical definitions....

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Superannuation

The superannuation industry has told the Government it does not want to cross-subsidise the failures of other financial services sectors via a last resort compensation sc...

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Funds management

Dexus has entered into a joint venture with Commercial & General to establish a new wholesale unlisted healthcare fund....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has pushed back on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s rules around who can and cannot use the term ‘independent’...

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Superannuation

Regulations for intra-fund advice should be modified to enable mass recommendations to millions of super members on their retirement, perhaps even through carve-outs....

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Life/Risk

Technology-based insurance solutions have moved from the least commonly used fintech service to the second most popular....

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