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Active Super, Vision Super finally sign transfer deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
Almost two years on from confirming merger talks, the two super funds have set a date for the successor fund transfer. Active Super will merge into Vision Super on 1 March 2025, following the signing of a successor fund transfer deed. It was initially ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... comes to retirement than men (2%). CSBA CX director or finance Sam Monteath said the findings demonstrate the need for super funds to do more to harness attitudinal and behavioural insights if they're to make inroads into targeted member engagement. ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... developed to encourage investment in the crucial energy transition. Projects that provide an appropriate return for super funds and advance our nation's prosperity are a double dividend for Australians," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Meanwhile ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... financially incentivised in a bid to make advice more affordable and accessible for everyday Australians via banks, super funds, and life insurers. Vynokur predicts that the banks will "no doubt be back in this game but in a different way." Millions ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... financial advice subsector was charged in total $47.6 million last financial year - more than any other sector including super funds, listed companies, and life insurers," Abood said. "The per-adviser amount almost tripled, to $2818 per adviser in the ...

Brisbane financial adviser has assets frozen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... his "related companies" - Principal Financial Services Pty Ltd, Self-Managed Super Pty Ltd, Provest Enterprises, and Super Funds Australia Pty Ltd ITF Principal Superannuation Fund - over concerns related to the misappropriation of client funds and unauthorised ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... done by the reviewed funds some 12 months on. Yesterday, ASIC released a report highlighting the failure of several super funds to adequately monitor and question fee deductions from member accounts being made by financial advisers and licensees. In ...

Advisers must unite for major reforms: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... payment of advice fees from superannuation and associated tax consequences, underscores the government's push for super funds to complement advisers in the work that they do. "If we look at what we do as an ecosystem and where advisers sit, we're ...

Stockspot plots entry into superannuation space

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... portfolio of ETFs within your super without the complexity of creating an SMSF." Stockspot added: "It's the end of pooled super funds and the beginning of transparent investing tailored to your needs." Members will have a personalised portfolio tailored ...

Australian Retirement Trust wraps up AvSuper merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has completed its merger with AvSuper after the two super funds formalised negotiations in February 2023. The $280 billion industry superannuation giant has gained 4800 new members and added $2.43 billion in funds under ...
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