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Superannuation fund drops fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
After switching administrators, a $15 billion superannuation fund has dropped a number of its fees. CareSuper has removed several fees from 1 April 2019, including contribution splitting fees ($50), family law splitting fees ($40) and exit fee on withdrawals ...

Liquidation likely for Halifax

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
Halifax administrators updated investors on the future of the beleaguered online stockbroking firm, with signs pointing to liquidation. The firm - whose AFSL was suspended shortly after it went into voluntary administration in November 2018 - was found ...

Rice Warner predicts super fee-hike

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... cross-subsidy of inactive accounts to active ones, these changes will put pressure on the revenue of many funds, and their administrators," Rice Warner said. "The Single Touch Payroll process should help to reduce costs, but on balance, administrators ...

APRA hires former MLC Life executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... helped develop the Life View digital platform, which provides an integrated insurance experience for trustees, administrators and members. Sean McCormack will replace Smith, while undertaking his current role as chief retail insurance officer. He will ...

Netflix-style shopping for funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... currently does not make any affiliate commissions on product sales or referrals, Hirst said. It has no links with administrators or advisers. "We are very clear that we are a communications company, we are not a disruptor but an enabler," he said. It ...

Legalsuper renews admin contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... platform offered by UBS," he said. The $3.7 billion superannuation fund sought expressions of interest from six fund administrators before awarding Link the mandate. Proebstl said the criteria used in selecting an administrator included: organisational ...

Financial Standard launches FS Aspire CPD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... content accessible via desktop or mobile. The system can generate custom reports on CPD activity and help corporate administrators create compulsory content and exams for larger financial services groups. Rainmaker Group managing director Christopher ...

ASIC suspends online broker AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to review ASIC's decision. Ferrier Hodgson was appointed as joint voluntary administrators of Halifax on 23 November 2018, on the basis it could not meet its financial commitments. Morgan Kelly, a partner at Ferrier ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... criminals, it said. Its "complex third-party environment" that's heavily reliant on the services of external administrators, financial planners and other outsourced providers increases the range of potential attack points cyber criminals can target ...

Blockchain comes to managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... (DLT). It will create a single shared network for all market participants to use including managed funds, platforms, administrators, custodians and registries. This will allow real-time viewing of orders between trading partners and quicker, more accurate ...