 AMARA HAQQANI | FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019 ... blame "culture" for what we've found. Even at the point where I'd hit 10 years' experience in the Australian industry, I barely knew what the phrase "conflicts of interest" even meant. It was moving to Canada and randomly finding myself doing ... Read more  JONATHAN STEFFANONI | FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019 ... the creation) of a general imposition of a not-for-profit (a.k.a. profit-for-member) model which is prevalent amongst industry and corporate funds. The not-for-profit model generally entails that the governing rules provide for the trustee to be paid ... Read more  STEPHEN COLE | FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018 ... Democrats and Independents. If support or seats are lost, expansionary fiscal policy becomes less tenable. If the expected industry harm and rises in prices at Walmart happen, protectionism will look like a tax on American competitiveness and living ... Read more  ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018 ... way of NFP super funds at the expense of the retail sector. This weight is so heavy that APRA has just reported that industry funds now hold more superannuation savings than retail funds. Combined with the weight of the rest of the NFP sector, superannuation ... Read more  KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018 ... was more: "So, how do we buy a super fund?" "You'd be amazed because when we asked people in the financial advice industry how to start a super fund - no one knew how to do it." "When you don't [know], you find and search for ways to make it ... Read more  STEPHEN FAY | FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018 ... there is scope for all three of the above criteria to be able to be satisfied for new entrants into the superannuation industry, with some caveats. Firstly, the opportunity for new entrants is large, particularly in terms of assets under management and ... Read more  JEREMY DUFFIELD | FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018 There's a lot to be positive about the government's efforts to encourage the superannuation industry to offer sensible and compelling pension offers to retirees (known as CIPRs). The industry has long struggled to get out of first gear to serve ... Read more  NICK COLAS | FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018 ... free access to JPMorgan stock research and a portfolio-building tool. No, none of this is exactly "new" to the brokerage industry. Startups like Robin Hood offer web/app enabled free trading. Robo-advisors (think Wealthfront and Betterment) run a similar ... Read more  BILL BOVINGDON | FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018 ... pariah if I insisted on following the rules. Could the concentration and integration of Australia's banking and wealth industry have spawned a fast growing pervasive culture of adopting unethical practices to keep up with "in-group" competitors? ... Read more  DENHAM PINDER | FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018 ... interests. The best way to do this varies between industries, but always includes: Assurance for regulatory compliance across industry and business processes. An assurance model should test and validate all parameters in the business, including improving ... Read more |
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