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Advisers query super changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
Financial advisers have been focused on mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on superannuation for their clients, according to BT. BT's technical team received over 2000 enquiries from advisers in the September quarter and the most asked question was ...

Macquarie leads Aussie managers in global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... America experienced a 13.3% increase, Europe (including the UK) and Japan grew by 16.7% and 10.2% respectively. Managers from rest of the world saw their AUM grow by 19.4%. Of the top 20, 14 are US fund managers, accounting for 78.6% of the top 20 AUM. ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
"...participants generally assessed that, provided that the economic recovery remained broadly on track, a gradual tapering process that concluded around the middle of next year would likely be appropriate. Participants noted that if a decision to begin ...

Capstone drops jailed adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Capstone Financial Planning has revoked the authorisation of Mark Babbage, the Victorian financial adviser jailed for breaching Western Australia's strict border restrictions to attend the AFL Grand Final. Financial adviser and broker Mark Babbage ...

ASIC extends SoA relief measure

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC is extending the temporary Statement of Advice relief measure until 15 April 2022. This marks the second time that ASIC has extended the relief measure, which enables advisers to replace SoAs with Records of Advice for existing ...

Global equities ETFs surge

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Australian investors are favouring global equities exchange traded funds (ETFs), with the sector recording nearly 50% growth year on year, research shows. Industry research from Vanguard showed global equities ETFs recorded $4.9 billion in inflows in ...

EISS Super answers tough questions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
After a period of media scrutiny following its failure of the inaugural APRA performance test, EISS Super has faced a parliamentary committee, facing tough questions over the test result and its sponsorship deals. Liberal MP Jason Falinski led the questioning ...

FSC to ban occupational exclusions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is introducing an enforceable standard that will prohibit the use of exclusions and restrictive disability definitions in default group life insurance for those who are in high-risk occupations. The standard will ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Combine economic stagnation and rising inflation and what do we get? We get stagflation -- the financial markets' fear du'jour. It had been nearly half a century ago when the global economy have had its last encounter with stagflation. he first ...

IOOF restructures technology division

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
Following the completion of the acquisition of MLC, IOOF shifted the responsibilities of technology which has led to the departure of its chief information officer. Sharam Hekmat held the position for nearly five years and was responsible for managing ...