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Exemptions to AFSLs explained by ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
The Australian Securities and Exchange Commission (ASIC) has provided guidance to trustees of unregistered managed investment schemes in relation to whether they require an Australian financial services licence. The regulator stressed that a trustee ...

Magellan axes currency hedging in trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
A Magellan trust has removed its currency hedging strategy to reduce the downside risk to the portfolio when equity markets and the value of the Australian dollar are both declining. Magellan High Conviction Trust will move to an unhedged approach to ...

Australian Unity owes staff $4.3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
Australian Unity has underpaid its aged care and disability services staff $4.25 million in wages, which could potentially blow out as it further investigates how much superannuation has to be back paid. Australian Unity said it initiated the review ...

ASIC takes SMSF accountant to court

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced legal proceedings in the Federal Court against a Gold Coast-based SMSF accountant for failing to comply with an enforceable undertaking. Jenan Oslem Thorne, otherwise known as ...

Confusion over retirement income objectives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
A growing chorus of industry stakeholders agree that the retirement income system lacks a clear objective, but the comprehensive government review found the industry cannot agree on what that should be. The Retirement Income Review report found the ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The opposition party, Industry Super Australia (ISA) and unions have criticised the Retirement Income Review and say the super guarantee (SG) must rise. Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the government is looking for excuses to break its promises. ...

Insurance in super is confusing: Consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
Consumers engaging directly with their super fund on insurance matters are often left confused and overwhelmed by the information provided and upset they cannot get guidance specific to their circumstances, an ASIC report shows. A third of unadvised ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The first comprehensive review of Australia's retirement system has acknowledged that affordable financial advice is what people need to navigate the retirement system. After the Royal Commission exposed deep flaws in Australia's financial advice ...

Responsible entity fined $2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
A court has found Theta Asset Management and its managing director contravened the Corporations Act on multiple occasions in authorising the issues of five defective Product Disclosure Statements (PDSs). The court has ordered Theta to pay a penalty ...

Why has ASIC still not got a chief executive?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
ASIC senior staff including James Shipton resisted moving to a stronger internal governance structure, its acting chair Karen Chester has told the ASIC expenses enquiry. Liberal senator James Patterson, who is chairing the enquiry into ASIC expenses ...