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Treasury unveils advice reforms draft legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... for consultation until December 6. Treasury Laws Amendment (2024 Measures No. 1) Bill 2024 details 11 out of the 22 Quality of Advice Review (QAR) recommendations in which Treasury said will provide legal certainty around removing onerous red tape that ...

Aussies value super but remain unprepared: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... advice well before retirement age - waiting until members transition to retirement is simply too late." Although the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposal that aims to give super funds more power to provide advice has been greatly debated by the industry ...

Legalsuper hits members with increased fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... these increases to continue investing in improved products and services to assist members to build their wealth and quality of life in retirement. "As a not-for-profit fund, we ensure all our decisions are made in the best financial interest of our members," ...

Maple-Brown Abbott names distribution heads

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
... executive Sophia Rahmani said the promotions reflect the firm's growth, the demand for its strategies, and the high quality of people in the distribution team. "The Maple-Brown Abbott distribution team has evolved with the changing external environment ...

Will HNW firms re-enter retail advice?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Two major high-net-worth financial advice firms laud the Quality of Advice Review's promises of drastically reduced scrutiny and red tape but have stopped short of saying that they will re-enter the retail client space. JBWere Australia began exiting ...

Frontier calls out structural super fund flaws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... down at minimum rates inevitably leads to subpar outcomes. "By definition, it minimises their income, impacting their quality of life, especially during the active early years of retirement, making budgeting challenging due to income variability, and ...

Power50: Most influential advisers named

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... advice pro bono, supporting causes close to their hearts, and changing lives in the process. "While we still await the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) package of reforms, standing at the precipice of what may well be among the most monumental changes ...

Super member loyalty on the rise: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... Good engagement can only be built on a sound knowledge base." Finally, Monteath said metrics related to funds' quality of service scored the lowest among participants. 'Making me feel like a valued member' scored just 7.3 out of 10, as did ...

MaxCap, Australian Unity in social infrastructure partnership

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... Brisbane," he said. "The uniqueness of student accommodation is that it is largely geographically agnostic given the quality of Australia's tertiary education institutions that underpin occupancy, so we intend to create a diversified portfolio of approximately ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... Clarke told Financial Standard. While there is currently less volume in terms of transactions, Clarke admits, the credit quality of the deals, however, is generally better. "In this industry, we operate in what we call 'collaborative capital' ...