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SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Self-managed super fund trustees seeking financial advice jumped 6% last year, and they are hungry for further advice, according to AMP Capital research. Sixty-three per cent of SMSF trustees told AMP Capital they would entertain further financial advice ...

AIST president and board director switch seats

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president David Smith is leaving his post after a two-year term and a board director has climbed up to the fill the presidency. Catherine Bolger will be AIST's new president. She has been a board director ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... chief executive risk at AXA Australia, chief executive at EquipSuper and chief executive and managing director at Equity Trustees in a three-decade long leadership career. The appointments come a day after major 8EC shareholder Aurora Funds Management ...

SMSF tool receives industry tick

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
The SMSF Association has welcomed the introduction of a new ATO tool designed to help SMSF trustees and advisers remain compliant with new regulations. The SMSF regulator's new bulletin ensures the SMSF sector is given timely updates on any new or emerging ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... aren't required to comply with the code until 2021. Among its other "stark deficiencies," the submission said it gives trustees discretion to opt out of any specific aspects of the code; it's not contractually binding; has no ASIC approval or oversight ...

Acorns mulls ASX listing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... Fully integrated into the existing Acorns app, it is intended to be a sub-plan of the DIY Master Plan issued by Diversa Trustees. Acorns already allows investors to link their Acorns account with their superannuation fund. It also partnered with the ...

Increasing SG is not the answer: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... inappropriately eroding retirement income," she said. In its pre-budget submission, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said waiting until 1 July 2025 for the SG to hit 12% represents a "major setback to a key long-term objective ...

Super fund redesigns insurance offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... raised concerns about the efficacy of industry-led solutions, saying "the fact that it (the code) will not be binding on trustees means these industry-led solutions will not actually be realised."

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Superannuation trustees unprepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any ...

Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... Fund, Netwealth Superannuation Master Fund and ClearView Retirement Plan. Five of these funds operate under the Diversa Trustees RSE with two of these being run by managed accounts promoters. Funds that experienced the biggest falls in membership were ...