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'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the regulator's new report on exorbitant advice fee deductions is not a criticism of advisers, rather of trustees failing basic obligations, with more still needing to be done by the reviewed funds some 12 ...

Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The Senate Economics Committee has handed down its Interim Report into existing and proposed super for housing policies. Chair of the Senate Economics Committee Senator Andrew Bragg said the Inquiry was recalibrated to assess how policy could improve ...

Frontier grows consulting, governance teams

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
Frontier Advisors has announced four new appointments, hiring from Aviva, Zenith, Cooper Investments and Motley Fool. Firstly, Daniel Manser will join Frontier's client consulting team, working with investors across all client segments. Manser joins ...

ASIC slams funds' serious deficiencies over advice fee charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... advice documents at all. ASIC is calling on trustees to do more to protect members from "unscrupulous operators" as a new report identifies serious deficiencies in their monitoring of financial advice fee deductions. The regulator has also called into ...

Morningstar unsure if KKR's Perpetual bid benefits shareholders

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
Morningstar has maintained its fair value estimate of $26 per share for Perpetual stock, even after KKR confirmed it will buy its wealth management and corporate trust businesses yesterday. Morningstar analyst Shaun Ler said KKR's proposed acquisition ...

ATO introduces trust taxation changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced income tax reporting changes under the Modernisation of Trust Administration Systems (MTAS) that will come into effect on July 1. For beneficiaries of a trust, there will be a new trust income schedule ...

Australian Retirement Trust wraps up AvSuper merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has completed its merger with AvSuper after the two super funds formalised negotiations in February 2023. The $280 billion industry superannuation giant has gained 4800 new members and added $2.43 billion in funds under ...

Magellan bleeds another $1bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Magellan Financial Group has seen a drop of $1 billion in funds under management (FUM) in April, according to its latest monthly update on the ASX. Magellan's FUM now stands at $36.3 billion. The fund manager reported that its net flows were flat, consisting ...

Blue Owl hires from Fidelity for APAC private wealth lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Blue Owl Capital has announced the hiring of Johann Santer as a managing director and head of APAC private wealth, effective immediately. Santer will be based in the company's Hong Kong office reporting to Sean Connor, president and chief executive ...

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
Count has renewed its contract with Iress to continue to provide software to its 550 financial adviser network. Count's financial advisers will continue to use Iress' Xplan, saying that it wanted to partner with the right provider to support ...