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SMSF Association blasts 'highly questionable' ASFA research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
The SMSF Association has ripped apart the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) assertion, which is based on ATO sample data, that less than 1% of SMSFs with balances over $3 million have farm-related income. The government has ...

QAR final response winds clock back, says FAAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
The Financial Advice Association Australasia (FAAA) is now rethinking its initial support of the government's response to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR), saying the latest proposals could "wind the clock back five years" on the industry. Today ...

Adviser with Investport links sees ban affirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... later, she jumped to AD Advisory Services. Here, she operates under Addicott Partners. Anderson is a member of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners. Peter Daly, who was managing director of Beacon Financial Group and a director of ...

'Should have known better': AAT tells auditor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... she also "suggested in cross-examination that her misunderstanding was compounded by the failure of her professional association (and perhaps ASIC) to bring the detail and meaning of the independence requirements to her attention"; an argument the AAT ...

SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
The SMSF Association and Chartered Accounts ANZ (CA ANZ) have urgently called for the rejection of a newly proposed bill that would double tax on many Australians superannuation earnings. Yesterday in Parliament, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones introduced ...

ASX calls time on mFund settlement service

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... effective method for discontinuing the service. As previously reported by Financial Standard, Australian Shareholder Association (ASA) chief executive Rachel Waterhouse advised that a closure of mFund would leave investors unflustered. She interpreted ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... housing transaction - an approximately $130 million investment alongside the Victorian government and Community Housing Association, HousingFirst. CIMSHF2 represents a continuation of this model and is designed to continue to demonstrate that social ...

AMP to pay $100m to settle BOLR class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... the initial outcome of the case, in which AMP lost before lodging an appeal in September. At the time, The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald said that, "in the interests of AMP, its shareholders, and past and current AMP-licensed members ...

RIAA appoints co-chief executives to succeed O'Connor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) will be led by two chief executives across Australia and New Zealand from next month. Earlier this year, RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor announced his intention to step down from the ...

ASFA appoints Mary Delahunty as chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed Mary Delahunty as its incoming chief executive, set to commence the role in February. Leanne Turner assumed the position temporarily in October following the departure of Martin ...