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Qantas Super taps fintech as an investment consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
Qantas Super has partnered with Ortec Finance, a fintech company headquartered in Rotterdam, as an investment performance consultant. The $8.9 billion corporate super fund will use Ortec's investment performance managed service via an outsourcing arrangement ...

Corporate super fund to be terminated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Another of the few remaining standalone corporate superannuation funds will close its doors this year. After almost five decades, the Manildra Flour Mills Retirement Fund (MFMRF) has been closed to new members and will be wound up. The fund was established ...

Super advice fee deductions compound red tape: JAWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
The Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) says new laws that enable superannuation funds to deduct financial advice fees will have the opposite effect of reducing red tape and can make advice even more unaffordable. Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering ...

Super funds' IDR process weak, inadequate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
Superannuation funds are increasingly flouting their internal dispute resolution (IDR) process and are not doing enough to resolve member complaints before they reach the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The complaints authority warned ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
The Federal Court has delayed approving the $16 million class action settlement against Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services (DASS) as it seeks more information. The class action led by Shine Lawyers, which was also brought against former Dixon ...

Frontier promotes four staff members

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... reputation for finding and creating investment professionals - many of whom hold senior positions in Australia's superannuation funds. The promotions follow last week's new hire from Zenith Investment Partners to work with clients in the not-for-profit ...

Senate Committee endorses Superannuation Objective Bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has recommended the passage of the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023, marking its likely enactment. The Committee urged Parliament to prioritise passing the bill in a report released last week because of ...

Macquarie executive to become chief product officer at BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... owner for wealth management, worked in product development for Macquarie Wrap, and was a product manager in the superannuation business. She's also spent time as a state sales manager for Victoria and Tasmania. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2000, Kline ...

Former adviser slapped with 12 charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... adviser has been charged with 12 counts of dishonest conduct for falsifying clients' documents to access their superannuation accounts. The Downing Centre Local Court yesterday slapped the charges on David Mario Valvo while running his practice Your ...

Court rejects Provide Capital's 'illogical' application

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... misleading or deceptive conduct. Provide Capital said that its business enables individuals, companies, self-managed superannuation funds, and trusts the opportunity to lend to it and earn fixed interest returns. It then uses borrowings from third parties ...