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AFA slams new SOA measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has hit back at ASIC and APRA for causing "confusion" and "interfering" with financial advice as they look to introduce new changes to Statements of Advice. The association points to the regulators' joint letter ...

KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Norway's largest pension fund KLP has offloaded 16 companies that operate in banking, construction, infrastructure and telecommunications in Israel connected to occupying Palestinian territory. The pension fund announced on June 5 that following failed ...

Jameson Capital launches fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The Melbourne based alternative asset management firm has secured funding from investors to launch a special situations real estate fund. Jameson received $25 million from two European cornerstone investors to launch the fund. The fund will invest into ...

Class to dump MDA investment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The SMSF technology platform has decided to either convert or redeem its $3.1 million investment in Philo Capital Advisers after concluding it is not in the best interest of its shareholders. Class previously made the investment prior to the introduction ...

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
BT Super for Life will increase the cost of its standard life insurance cover by 13.1% from August 1. The standard cover includes death and TPD. As an example, a 34-year-old male member of BT Super for Life previously paid $11.41 each month for one ...

More advisers exit in June

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Some 450 financial advisers left the industry in the last month of the financial year, taking the total population to 19,544, latest ASIC data shows. As at July 1, AMP Financial Planning finished the financial year with 690 advisers, while The SMSF ...

Superannuation complaints down 31%: AFCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Member complaints about superannuation to AFCA fell 31% in the year ending 30 June 2021, after a spike in FY20 stemming from the early release of superannuation allowed during the pandemic. AFCA did not provide a breakdown of complaint types for superannuation ...

Another senior woman to depart AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
AMP Capital's Community Infrastructure Fund has seen another resignation, after Plenary hired half a dozen from the team. Stasha Prnjatovic has resigned from AMP Capital. "We can confirm Stasha Prnjatovic, managing director energy for AMP Capital's ...

AustralianSuper posts best year yet

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
The $225 billion super fund's balanced option returned 20.43% in the year ending June 30, making it its best financial year returns since its start in 2006. AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said the FY21 returns of 20.43% were ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Australian economic and survey releases over the past week continued to paint a picture of a strengthening recovery. However, the rosy results preceded the outbreak of the Delta variant that prompted lockdowns and/or tightened restrictions in major ...