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NULIS satisfies ASIC requirements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
A report handed to ASIC by global consultant KPMG shows NAB's superannuation trustee has met its additional license conditions. Almost three years after ASIC set NULIS Nominees additional license conditions for breakdowns in its internal procedures ...

Dealer group launches transition support service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... launching a support service to assist advice firms in transitioning to an individual AFSL and has appointed a national practice consultant to lead the initiative. Lifespan Financial Planning will launch Lifespan Partnership in February 2020, offering ...

ASIC urges improved insurance outcomes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... superannuation. In the new report, titled Insurance in superannuation: Industry implementation of the Voluntary Code of Practice, the regulator comments on the industry's implementation of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice. ASIC ...

Super fund appoints GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... also assume responsibility for the continuous improvement of Rest's cybersecurity measures, in an effort to meet best practice and stay ahead of evolving threats targeting the industry. Most recently Smith served as chief technology officer of Vocus ...

Practice profitability at risk: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... commence charging their clients a fee in addition to commissions received from product issuers to remain sustainable - a practice that would impact accessibility of advice for all Australians," MLC Life said. Surveying 180 advisers, MLC Life found more ...

ASIC lifts ban on new opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
Fund managers will be allowed to list new non-transparent active ETFs, as ASIC lifts the pause after a six-month-long review. However, it has asked responsible entities and market making agents to review their current arrangements to manage risks. The ...

Active ETF review results imminent

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... process. The two key points will be: will ASIC lift the ban on admission of new active ETFs and the clarity on the best practice for calculating the indicative net asset value. An ASIC spokesperson said the results of the review are expected to be out ...

Platform appoints TPB director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... mutual benefit of the Xplore Wealth business, its clients and shareholders." Berry was a financial adviser who ran her own practice for over a decade before retiring from full-time work in 2018. She is also currently a director of the Future2 Foundation. ...

Integration of super advice business completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... that time. First State Super and StatePlus first merged in 2016, creating the largest industry fund financial advice practice at the time.

ESG scores may be inflated: Eaton Vance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
As investors seek to integrate ESG data into their investment processes, they can mistakenly conflate ESG scores in practice with more familiar financial quality metrics, new research from Eaton Vance has revealed. The paper suggests the conflation ...