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SelectingSuper Awards recognise super leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
The 2015 Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards will be held at the RACV Club in Melbourne on November 18. The awards recognise the best superannuation providers and industry leaders in Australia, and include the MySuper Product of the Year, Super Fund of ...

Club Plus Super increases women on trustee board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... in financial services law and corporate governance - in particular directors' duties - and has deep understanding of the legal and regulatory challenges confronting Australian financial services providers, managed funds and investment schemes. She is ...

Court fines SMSF admin for "free setup" ads

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... of Australia has fined Superannuation Warehouse Australia (SWA) for misleading "free setup" advertising. ASIC commenced legal action against SWA in May for advertising self-managed superannuation fund setup services on two separate websites; the regulator ...

The power of saying no to difficult advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... revenue projections. "To change that, we transitioned our business. We got very specialised, so I work specifically with legal professionals. We instituted a minimum $10,000 fee and now we have more revenue than we ever had before and more referrals ...

Industry funds ink CIPR annuities deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
Three industry superannuation funds have leapt to the development of Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) after a major partnership with Challenger Limited was announced today. The partnership was announced at Challenger's Annual General ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... driven by several factors, including unemployment and adverse economic changes; growing super fund member awareness of and legal involvement in the claims process; an increase in mental illness/stress-related claims; increased automatic acceptance limits ...

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... product" Key measures: By end-2015: Consult on legislation to support crowd-sourced debt and equity funding. By end-2016: Give legal effect to the Asian Region Funds Passport initiative. Consider technology neutrality in financial sector regulation. ...

Property spruiker banned for providing unlawful advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... Trent Properties Group had been unlawfully carrying on a financial services business for over five years. ASIC launched legal proceedings in November 2014 against the group that, by June 2015 had advised over 860 members of the public to establish and ...

ASIC bans former Westpac-aligned adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... services," said ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. "ASIC will act to ensure advisers who flout the law and who disregard their legal obligations are removed from the financial services industry."

Nikko AM grows distribution team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... Green was most recently a business development analyst at Pengana Capital. He also worked for several years in London within Legal & General's investment management research unit. Prior to that he worked in client services for Assure New Zealand. "These ...