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Wills should be reviewed, not refuted: EQT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... regularly reviewed to avoid the potential diminishment of assets as a result of costly family drama when they're gone, Equity Trustees said. The asset management and estate planning experts said the unfortunate tendency for people to draw up a will and ...

EQT acquires stake in UK firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees announced it will acquire a large stake in a London-based funds services solutions company, marking its first step toward global expansion. EQT will acquire 60% of Treasury Capital, a provider of fund administration and regulatory services ...

APRA pushes for greater control over super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... aiming to address weaknesses in the superannuation regulatory framework that increasing APRA's power and control over trustees is necessary in the wake of collapsed Trio Capital, a scheme which defrauded Australians of the their superannuation. APRA's ...

EQT partners with fintech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees has partnered with a fintech to help boost its funds governance capabilities. PControl Oversight, a provider of fund accounting and investment operations solutions and owned by the Milestone Group, will help provide a fund oversight ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is urging the Senate to reject the Turnbull Government's proposal to mandate a governance model for superannuation funds and preserve the equal representation rule. In response to the Superannuation ...

ASIC outlines industry funding costs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... From 2018 onwards, this levy will be graduated based on revenue from payment product provider activity. Superannuation trustees will pay a levy based on the total value of assets at the end of the financial year, and responsible entities will pay a sum ...

SMSFs narrow performance gap: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... Rainmaker SuperGuard 360 report shows. The SG360 SMSF reference index, which measures the post-fee investment return of SMSF trustees, delivered slightly lower returns (7.4% pa) compared to the SG360 default index (7.7% pa), which tracks APRA regulated ...

Risk advice firm partners to launch claims service

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... designed to act on policyholders' behalf while attempting to improve financial outcomes for insurers and superannuation fund trustees. ACA will provide personalised support for policyholders currently lacking claims advice. Clients are given a personal ...

Why advisers should revisit death benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... warned it's important to understand the particular trustee's attitude towards requests to pay an income stream. Some trustees will favourably consider a request to pay income streams, but others will not pay income streams to children. Death benefit ...

Traditional funds too apathetic to super start-ups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... from the Financial Services Council which said the absence of competition in the default superannuation market allows trustees to avoid considering which changes may be necessary to adapt to technological change. The report reads: "History has shown ...