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Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... retirement has increased for both singles and couples despite the partial return to pre-COVID-19 prices, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA published its Retirement Standard September quarter 2020 figures which ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... inequitable outcomes is that often women have broken working patterns, work part-time and tend to be lower paid," Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said. "Structural issues such as the $450 per month threshold ...

FEAL executive of the year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Fund Executive Association Limited's Fund Executive of the Year was awarded at an intimate dinner in Sydney this week. UniSuper chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan has been recognised for his contribution to digital innovation, corporate strategy ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... three-person panel of Treasury veteran Mike Callaghan, former Future Fund board member and banker Carolyn Kay and former SMSF Association chair Deborah Ralston produced the 600-page report. Their job was not to make any recommendations (akin to the Royal ...

FPA board member joins new firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) board member Julie Matheson has joined Peloton Partners. The Melbourne based financial services consultancy was founded by Rob Jones and Michael Harrison, both former Shadforth financial advisers. Matheson ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... where agreed between both licensees but cannot take any more than 20 days. In March this year, the Financial Planning Association of Australia threw its weight behind the proposed protocol. In its submission on the proposed legislation, the FPA suggested ...

Aussies reunited with $1bn in lost super

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Around $1 billion worth of lost and unclaimed superannuation has been reunited with its rightful owners. The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) estimates 700,000 Australians will receive lost super after super funds have sent ATO's latest consolidating ...

ASIC opens consultation on scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... advice, ASIC wants to know what's stopping them. ASIC senior executive leader, financial advisers Kate Metz said at the Association of Financial Advisers Conference that ASIC has given guidance in the past that supports limited or scaled advice but are ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Minister for Superannuation, Financials Services and Financial Technology told the recent Australian Shareholders Association Investor Conference that the federal government's package of new reforms will stamp out widespread underperformance, complex ...

Advice firms need technology to survive: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... use of technology will be crucial to the sustainability of advice firms, new research shows. The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) recent survey undertaken by CoreData found that just over half of financial advisers surveyed (50.7%) believe advice ...