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- Ignition Wealth to expand to Europe
- Royal commission to include regulators: Labor
- ‘Insurtech’ could make insurers obsolete: PwC
- ‘Weak planning’ of super funds exposed
- MLC Life unveils group insurance platform
- The dangers of an active swing to passive
- Making the most of shifting global trade
- Advisers driving managed accounts growth
- Sunsuper and Kinetic confirm merger
- Government proposes AGMs for super funds
Royal commission to include regulators: Labor
Labor's proposed royal commission into the banking sector would include an assessment of the role and transparency of APRA and ASIC.
‘Weak planning’ of super funds exposed
APRA has outlined the “poor business planning practices” of various super funds, coinciding with the government’s announcement this week that it plans to replace the ‘scale test’ with an ‘outcomes test’.
Medcraft’s hybrids comments ‘excessive’: Morningstar
The timing of outgoing ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft’s comments about the “ridiculous” nature of hybrid securities has puzzled analysts at Morningstar.
ASIC set to obtain new phone-tap powers
Treasury is consulting on new measures that will give ASIC access to information obtained from telecommunications interception warrants.
FSC releases asset stewardship standards
The Financial Services Council has released new internal governance and asset stewardship standards for Australian investment managers and asset owners.
