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IQ Group adds to executive leadership team

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... its innovative solutions and advice to a wider audience," Peters said. "New services will be able to leverage our Stronger Super and SuperStream experience, together with emerging trends such as service integration and digital engagement with members ...

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... projects has continued as systems are implemented to assist in satisfying new regulatory obligations, including Stronger Super, Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Other factors such as inflationary ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... websites. The Superannuation (Industry) Supervision Act (SIS Act) and SIS regulations 2.37 and 2.38, introduced under Stronger Super reforms, require funds to display executive remuneration disclosure and other information about super funds' governance ...

FSC awards industry execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... World, on the Gold Coast. The eight winners were Perpetual senior risk manager Alan Lewitton, AMP's Janet Beale, MLC Stronger Super development manager Jim Baker, BT Financial Group superannuation program manager Matthew Thomas, Commonwealth Bank's Geoff ...

Qantas Super chief executive to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... industry change with care and distinction. "Jane's many achievements at Qantas Super include the implementation of the Stronger Super suite of initiatives, the successful transition of more than 32,000 member accounts to a new plan administrator, the ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian Crime Commission believes Stronger Super reforms implemented from 2013 have reduced illegal early release schemes run through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In its latest report, Organised Crime in Australia 2015, the commission ...

BNP Paribas pinches senior JPM custody exec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Company Directors. He is the executive sponsor of ACSA's regulatory & compliance working group and co-sponsor of its Stronger Super Taskforce and understands legislative changes impacting custodians and clients. Ian Perkins, currently acting head of ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... competitive process to allocate new default fund members to MySuper products, unless a review by 2020 concludes that the Stronger Super reforms have been effective in significantly improving competition and efficiency in the superannuation system. The ...

ASIC to scrutinise intra-fund advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... services." Kell said the increased scrutiny will be part of a wider review of trustees and their application of the Stronger Super reforms. "It's a type of advice that we want to encourage, because we think it's very important, but we want to make sure ...

Super funds must justify not merging: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... strategy is an exit strategy." Rowell told Financial Standard that as part of the scale assessment component of the Stronger Super reforms, funds must be able to demonstrate that their structure is of optimal benefit to members. "Funds and trustee directors ...