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Australian Retirement Trust records -0.96% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... technology sector particularly negatively impacted. In line with our valuation policy, as we approached quarter end, a review of our unlisted asset valuations was conducted resulting in a downward adjustment to certain private equity investments to better ...

ASIC takes Lanterne Fund Services to court

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... declarations and pecuniary penalties from the Court. It's also seeking orders that an independent expert be appointed to review and report on Lanterne's systems, processes, and controls, and that Lanterne then implement a risk management and ...

Chorus of self-interest in financial advice: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... emerged". In a new op-ed, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran has said that, ahead of the Quality of Advice review, super funds are lobbying to remove the consumer protections around intra-fund advice. "There are serious questions about ...

UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... investment banking at ASIC in the lead up to and during the Global Financial Crisis. She was also involved in the Capability Review of the regulator in 2016. She has also previously served as global head of compliance at Westpac's institutional bank ...

ASIC releases guidance on super, retirement calculators

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... "Super calculators and retirement estimates are low-cost forecasting tools intended to be helpful prompts for consumers to review their financial situation," ASIC said. "Entities, such as super trustees, that provide these tools to consumers within the ...

ASIC bans Melbourne adviser

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... FinancialLink Group Pty Ltd (TFLG) at the time of the alleged misconduct. In August last year, Ruthenberg lodged an application for review of ASIC's decision with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Ruthenberg subsequently withdrew his application ...

ASIC takes Mercer Financial Advice to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... occasions about the fees customers were charged and services that were not provided. ASIC said Mercer failed to provide review meetings to customers while claiming to have provided all the services it was required to. It also apparently led customers ...

July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... 1. It imposes a new obligation upon superannuation fund trustees, other than SMSFs, to develop, implement and regularly review a retirement income strategy for members who are retired or are approaching retirement. Fund trustees must formulate a retirement ...

Neobank Volt closes its doors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
Australian neobank Volt, the first of its kind to receive a full banking licence from APRA, is closing its doors and urging customers to withdraw all funds from accounts before July 5. In a statement, Volt said the decision was made by the board after ...

ASIC urges market to improve outage resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... implementing and improving the resilience of the Australian equity market during outages. ASIC released the findings of its review into the ASX outage in November 2020 and other incidents at the time. "The ASX broadly adhered to its procedures for incident ...