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Mercer names super services leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
Mercer has appointed a new superannuation services leader to replace Jo-Anne Bloch. Claire Ross has been named superannuation services leader for Australia. She leaves her role as Mercer UK's senior partner and chief operating officer for Asia, the ...

APRA proposes further unlisted valuation rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... appropriate performance benchmarks. The revisions are in response to APRA's findings in its unlisted asset valuation thematic review and APRA's 2018-19 post-implementation review of the superannuation prudential framework. The updates focus on ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... because the resulting additional demand for housing will not be matched by an increase in supply. The Retirement Income Review, a Senate Inquiry and Grattan have all rejected 'super for a house'." Not only would allowing early access to super to buy ...

Westpac New Zealand names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... a member of the Westpac Group executive team," Westpac Group chief executive Peter King said. "In our recent portfolio review of the business, we identified ways to improve service for customers, including improving our digital capabilities, an area ...

Asendium partners with licensee support firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Asendium has joined forces with a licensee support firm that has more than 70 AFS Licensees nationwide. My Dealer Services is using the financial advice technology firm's software to develop compliant advice. Advisers will be able to generate in-house ...

APRA to mandate independent certifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... urging RSEs to maintain sound insurance management frameworks, and robust decision-making in the negotiation and ongoing review of insurance arrangements.

FSC suggests CSLR improvements

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
The Financial Services Council has highlighted numerous holes in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort in a bid to prevent financial advisers that "have done nothing wrong" from paying for the scheme. The FSC is calling on corporate regulator ASIC ...

Charter Hall REIT, Hostplus acquire ALE

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... said it received an unsolicited proposal from the Charter Hall consortium in July and went on to conduct an independent review to evaluate the proposal. "The directors of ALE unanimously recommend that ALE securityholders vote in favour of the schemes ...

Common ownership concerns redundant: AustralianSuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... assets internally which Silk said saved its members $200 million last year. The fund plans to expand this to 60% and then review how it is tracking. Silk reiterated that the purpose of internalising investments is not to build a large internal team but ...

ASIC prepares advisers for DDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... comprising the target market for a product, and sets out matters that are relevant to the product's distribution and review. Distributors or advisers must report to the issuer certain information that enables it to monitor the appropriateness of ...