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Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Industry superannuation fund Rest has launched new indexed options that do not charge investment fees. Introduced to Rest members in December 2018, the three new indexed investment choices offer Australian shares, overseas shares or a balanced option ...

MTAA Super makes fee cuts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... reduction in the form of a reduced asset-based administration fee for pension accounts. Previously 0.15%, the fee will now equate to 0.10%. Finally, the fund has increased the fee cap on pension accounts from $300,000 to $450,000. According to the fund ...

Specialist SMSF advisers need only apply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
The final report calls for additional requirements that financial advisers must comply with before they provide SMSF advice. The Productivity Commission is again calling for specialist training for those financial advisers wishing to advise on SMSFs ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The association representing CFAs is asking its charterholders be allowed to qualify as financial advisers, as FASEA overhauls the educational standards in the advice industry. CFA Institute chief executive Paul Smith was in Sydney for a briefing that ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane equated removing the carve out of life insurance claim handling in the Corporations Act to using "a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Appearing before the financial services Royal Commission on ...

ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... there was "a lot of misrepresentation" about ETFs in the media, noting ETF trading during periods of market stress did not equate to forced redemptions of underlying stocks and bonds. Petering used the performance of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate ...

Super fund shortlist practically advice: IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
IOOF is questioning the Productivity Commission's recommendation for a "best in show" superannuation fund shortlist, saying it is akin to providing financial advice. The ASX-listed financial services giant said it is uncomfortable with the proposal ...

Pengana adds social measures to impact reporting

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
The $3 billion fund manager has incorporated social measures into its WHEB Asset Management Impact Report for the first time. Pengana launched its 2017 WHEB Asset Management Impact report, incorporating four social measures in addition to the five environmental ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Who better to talk about trade than the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In its latest report the WTO put into perspective the goings-on in the on-going global war on trade. To wit: "A total of 39 new trade-restrictive measures were applied by G20 economies ...

FASEA yet to determine bridging courses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority provided an update on its consultation process and confirmed there is currently no approved AQF 8 bridging courses for existing advisers looking to commence study. In March, FASEA released guidance ...