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Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... disability claim for a very vulnerable client has been indefinitely delayed. ClaimRight founder and Financial Planning Association of Australia board member William Johns wrote to Media Super acting chief executive Tony Griffin last week in a private ...

AMP deed of release bars advisers joining class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... advisers a contract with a clause in it that prohibits them from joining the current open class action. The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald said he became aware of a new clause in AMP's deeds of release a couple of weeks ago. ...

Banks to assess loan deferrals

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... group of customers who have not resumed paying loans a result of the pandemic, according to the Australian Banking Association (ABA). Around 450,000 loan deferral customers will be assessed in September or October as they come to the end of a six-month ...

Technology can ease adviser red tape: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Pamela Hanrahan, a lawyer and professor at University to New South Wales Business School, told Financial Planning Association of Australia members this morning that affordable advice for all and a thriving advice industry are achievable. At the virtual ...

SMSF member increase bill reintroduced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... options are to create two SMSFs (which would incur extra costs) or place their superannuation in a large fund." The SMSF Association welcomed the changes to the maximum number of allowable members. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... pushing some indices such as the S&P500 Index, to record highs. Lee told the recent Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association Virtual Conference of her experience as a Robinhood investor with just $500 back in the day. Not knowing how to invest ...

Northern Trust races up custody league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
This year's market turmoil has shuffled the lineup of biggest custody players, with NAB Asset Servicing falling two spots and Northern Trust inching up to the second-largest custodian in Australia. Australian Custodial Services Association's ...

Advice disciplinary body delayed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... services Royal Commission, is set to be up and running in mid-2021, Hume told the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association Virtual Conference this morning. The federal government is still working through the design features of the disciplinary ...

ASIC relaxes IPO red tape

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... ASIC received four non-confidential submissions from the Australian Investment Council, Australian Financial Markets Association, Law Council of Australia and On-Market BookBuilds.

New law backs choice of fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... superannuation, which found that denying choice of fund can discourage member engagement and lead to paying higher fees. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy welcomed the new law. "Improvements in the efficiency ...