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Looming super reforms benefit millions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... to Retirement (TTR) pension and a further 100,000 with such a pension arrangement in an SMSF will also be affected by the rule changes. Urging consumers to prepare for the new super rules, Fahy said: "Talk to your fund and make sure you understand how ...

A year on from Brexit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
It's been 12 months since the Brexit referendum, and Natixis Global Asset Management says the outlook for Brexit has become even more unclear, with Theresa May's failed election manoeuver further muddying the water. Natixis' chief market strategist ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures ...

HESTA calls for access to super for family violence victims

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Industry super fund HESTA is calling on the Federal Government to change the rules and allow family violence victims and survivors access to their superannuation. The fund, along with others in the community sector including Financial Counselling Australia ...

Super tax reforms take effect

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
The suite of superannuation taxation reforms affecting contributions, CGT relief and transition to retirement income streams have passed through Parliament. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer said the amendments under the Treasury ...

UBS cops $280,000 ASIC fine

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... loss; the loss to wholesale clients was described as "negligible." The second infringement notice related to Competition Rule 5A.2.1, wherein a participant must identify whether they are the principal or agent of a client for a given order and transaction. ...

Robo-advisers expected to meet fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... framework that now requires retirement advisers are subject to fiduciary obligations under the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule. The SEC's position on the issue is continuing despite the broader push by the Trump administration to relax financial ...

Not too late to maximise super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
With legislative changes only a few weeks away, advisers should be on top of boosting clients' super balances, according to a superannuation expert. Perpetual Private head of strategic advice Colin Lewis told Financial Standard one of the most critical ...

Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Australian superannuation funds could take the country's agriculture sector to the next level in global competitiveness but they will need help in doing so. Industry Super Australia has published a discussion paper that responds to calls for the $2 ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... savers each year. Last Friday, the US Department of Labor partially introduced the impartial conduct standard - a fiduciary rule to curb conflicts of interest in relation to the retirement and life insurance products recommended by advisers and the payments ...