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What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... superannuation industry this year. Find the top 10 super stories for 2019 below: 1. Superannuation funds flag $113bn merger In April, First State Super and VicSuper announced they had signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding, scouting the benefits ...

Westpac to pay $9.5m for Corps Act breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... financial services. As at June 2017, Westpac had already remediated his clients to the tune of $1.47 million. During a trial in April 2019, Westpac admitted that, as Sinha's responsible licensee, it had contravened the Corporations Act but contested ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... many having already moved to the Melbourne-based licence in the preceding months. 2. Financial adviser salaries revealed In April, the Financial Adviser Salary Guide from Kaizen Recruitment revealed a senior adviser with more than 10 years' experience ...

Cost savings, RC boost digital advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... 3225. As the inquiry progressed, Sargon Decimal saw a marked increase in sessions, hitting one of its highest points in April 2018 at 3256. At the same time the likes of AMP and the big four testify in relation to misconduct in their financial advice ...

Government fund appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... chair Karl Morris steps down after two terms. Luke was most recently QIC's non-executive chair for five years ending in April. Interestingly, he also served as the chief executive of Sunsuper, with which QSuper is considering a merger. "Don has very ...

ASIC launches action against AFSL, director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... banning Mr Marie from managing corporations for such period as the Court deems fit." ASIC said between 20 May 2016 to 30 April 2018 $16.7 million was raised from retail investors pursuant to the alleged defective PDSs. Each of the alleged breaches carries ...

Integration of super advice business completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... process of the integration. First State announced the integration of the advice business was nearing full completion in April and said the move would make financial advice more accessible for members. StatePlus chief executive Graeme Arnott moved into ...

IOOF, ANZ transaction gets green light

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... legislative power to approve or refuse an application to own or control a registrable superannuation entity licensee in April this year. "APRA has concluded it has no reason to believe that, because of IOOF's controlling stake in OnePath or Oasis, the ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... 1997. Faster manufacturing output growth was accompanied by the largest monthly improvement in service sector activity since April 2011". Yes, Samranvedhya, 'twas Super Mario's negative interest rate policy and asset purchase programme that helped ...

BT Super announces new admin fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... 0.45% to 0.28%. At the same time, the flat dollar fee will be increased from $78 per annum to $108 per annum. Between 1 April 2020 and 30 June 2020 MySuper customers will receive a 10 basis point rebate. BT warned that the soon to be published APRA "heat ...