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Insignia details transformation progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... ongoing restructure and increased remediation provisions, resulting in a $49 million loss. Its funds under management and advice increased by $15.5 billion to $300.6 billion, while net revenues increased 0.6% to $695.7 million. Its transformation program ...

JANA wins mandate from public sector super fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... assist clients achieve their investment outcome objectives," she said. As of 30 December 2023, JANA's total funds under advice was over $1.3 trillion. According to research from Rainmaker Information, JANA holds a commanding market share of 42.5% in ...

Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... double in taxes on retirement savings based on this new policy. Together with Labor's other changes in the Quality of Advice Review and non-arm's length expenses (NALE) provision, Talyor said this is all part of "a broader attack on self-managed ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
An extensive review of processes across superannuation trustees, financial advisers and advice licensees has found very little evidence that consumers are aware of how poorly Choice products they're in are performing, and that such underperformance ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
ASIC is putting the pressure on financial advisers to provide appropriate SMSF advice using "professional judgment", as the regulator flags serious instances of misconduct it wants to curb. At the annual SMSF Association National Conference, ASIC senior ...

SMSFA reappoints Hay-Bartlem as chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... balances exceeding $3 million as well as contributing to the ongoing debate on the legislation emanating from the Quality of Advice Review," he said. Hay-Bartlem addressed delegates at the opening of the SMSF Association's National Conference in ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Reforms underway to expand financial advice will have positive ramifications for the SMSF and APRA-regulated sectors as it will ultimately uplift outcomes in the retirement phase for all Australians, industry experts say. The first day of the annual ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... are not underspending in retirement and are typically exhausting all their savings, research shows, sparking a call for advice reforms to be expedited, allowing contributions to be made in retirement, and no mandated use of annuities by trustees. In ...

Count posts positive results ahead of Diverger takeover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... transaction in May 2023, the integration of which is progressing. Ahead of the merger, Count has $17.9 billion in funds under advice. With Diverger, this will grow to $30 billion. In February, the group acquired 51% of Solutions Centric, a company that ...

Aussies want control of nest eggs: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
Australians want total control over how they spend their retirement savings but are willing to seek professional advice to do so, a new Financial Services Council (FSC) survey finds. The poll of 2500 superannuation members conducted by C|T Group found ...