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APRA consults on approach to combining product histories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... test, will relocate existing guidance relating to within-product changes in the MySuper product information paper into a legal instrument, removing the need for APRA to make individual determinations for every affected product. "In short, the draft technical ...

Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
According to the Peter Lee Associates survey of Australian institutional investors, Frontier has kept its place as the top asset consultant in the country. The Peter Lee Associates survey collected opinions from around 100 chief investment officers ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... money. It's not a piggy bank to be spent or taxed to fill budget holes." Quashing these concerns, Jones reinforced the legal obligations of trustees in the superannuation industry to act in members' best financial interests. "Trustees have a ...

Jones releases Your Future, Your Super review outcomes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... members' objectives," he said. Jones admits that the stapling measures can be improved. "There are concerns with the systems, legal framework and outcomes of stapling that are generating a significant administrative burden for employers that is leading ...

New laws to end unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023
... would enable workers not covered by a modern award or enterprise agreement containing superannuation rights to take direct legal action for the recovery of unpaid super. "Superannuation theft undermines the efforts of Australian workers to build a financially ...

February exam records 67% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... candidates. Those who have passed demonstrate they have the skills to apply their knowledge of advice construction, ethics and legal requirements to the practical scenarios tested in the exam, ASIC said. For those who failed, they will receive general ...

Legalsuper appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
Luke Symons will become the super fund's new chief executive on April 11. Symons has been appointed to the role following the departure of Andrew Proebstl. Symons currently runs Responsible Financial Services Group, a business he founded in 2017. ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... not helpful," she said. "I think there's a lot that funds can be doing today that would fall well and truly inside the legal requirements. And we will need to be thinking about." Press commented further on the recent global banking issues and flagged ...

Do your cyber-attack drills: Funds warned

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... opportunity to do lots of pre-thinking so that when you're in the face of a crisis, you might not be able to leverage the legal clauses or the audits... but if you can leverage the experience you've had together in responding to what a scenario ...

State Super welcomes new board member

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... Industry Union and the Australian Workers' Union. He also worked as a solicitor for Slater & Gordon Lawyers and the HIV Aids Legal Centre (HALC). State Super chair Nicholas Johnson said Costa's long involvement in the union movement will benefit ...