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Link Group enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... pension operations, including the administration of the Smart Pension Master Trust. Susan Ring will lead the new UK initiative on behalf of Link as well as continuing her role as chief executive, corporate markets, EMEA. Link said the partnership will ...

Super funds could boost returns by 59bps: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
Superannuation funds considering a merger or major investment portfolio changes should implement a program to manage tax costs and transaction costs to deliver meaningful benefits to funds and their members, according to new research. Parametric said ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... who is a member of the Ethical Adviser's Co-op and the Technical Working Group for the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative, that would mean business as usual - however, for other advisers it could present a significant hurdle to jump. "The way ...

FPA Congress could be biggest yet

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... planners seeing the FPA Congress as the place to be," De Gori said. "We already have 70 students registered as part of an initiative to engage the next generation of financial planners." The FPA has a dedicated team to boost student engagement. Students ...

US reaches $1bn settlement over 1MDB scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... allegedly at the helm of. This represents the largest recovery to date under the Department's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative and the largest civil forfeiture ever concluded by the Justice Department. "As alleged in the complaints, Low and others ...

AFCA appoints chief operating officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed a chief operating officer from the Australian Tax Office. Justin Untersteiner will join AFCA from the start of December. AFCA chief executive and chief ombudsman David Locke said Untersteiner's ...

AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
AMP and the AMP Financial Planners Association have commented on the decision to extend the October 31 deadline originally given to financial advisers given notice by the wealth giant. Meanwhile, the AMPFPA has confirmed action against AMP will likely ...

Suncorp wealth chief steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Suncorp has announced its chief executive of banking and wealth will depart the group in early 2020. David Carter will step down from the role he has held since 2016 to take on the new position of group chief executive at motoring body, the Royal Automobile ...

Westpac takes $1 billion profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... The additional provisions announced today are part of that commitment. "As part of our 'get it right put it right' initiative we are determined to fix these issues and stop these errors occurring. We will continue to review our products and services ...

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... stories of South Australian employers failing to meet their super obligations spurred on the fund to create this new initiative. "There have been too many stories of SA employees lately who are not being paid their superannuation money and one of the ...