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TAA calls for prudent pace for reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The Quality of Advice Review should take precedence over other proposed regulatory changes as financial advisers should not be encumbered by two sets of major reforms in a short period of time. This is according to The Advisers Association, which is ...

ASIC stands against suspicious SMSF auditing

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
To help protect the integrity of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSFs) audits, ASIC has accepted voluntary cancellations or imposed conditions on the registration of several SMSF auditors. These auditors were involved in reciprocal audit arrangements ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... Russia. Yesterday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Senator Jane Hume released a joint statement requesting that super funds review their Russian investments. "The Morrison government is today confirming its strong expectation that Australian superannuation ...

New initiative calculates how much Aussies need in retirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... attempting to calculate exactly how much Australians need to retire in comfort. One of the findings of the Retirement Income Review was that retirees do not confidently spend their retirement savings due to the fear of running out of money in retirement. ...

EQT buys Stockland Retirement Living for $987m

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... Stockland's villages," Wong said. The transaction is subject to several approvals, including that of the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Australian Retirement Trust announces next merger partner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... one of Australia's largest and most significant super funds," Birrell said. "Three years ago, the APSS initiated a review of the best ways to serve the long-term financial interests of our members and we are delighted that this competitive process ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... remove things like the safe harbour provision at the AIA Adviser Summit 2022. Hume is using the upcoming Quality of Advice Review to make this possible. "We want to make sure that the regulatory framework could better enable the provision of high quality ...

Winner of Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award 2022 announced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has congratulated the first winner of the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for 2022. Melbourne-based senior advice compliance analyst Danica Lozada of Industry Fund Services has taken home the award. ...

FPA pushes for advice law simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... out layers of complexity in the latest round of reforms. Citing its submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission review, FPA chief executive Sarah Abood is calling for the elimination of layers of legislation that advisers face that ultimately ...

Magellan loses more investors, FUM slumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... in 2020. Morningstar announced in early February that all of Magellan's global and high conviction funds are under review. "Given Douglass' integral involvement in the business and managing Magellan's global equity strategies, we have placed ...