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ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... two of the largest funds we've taken action against, is Cbus and AustralianSuper." Constant said ASIC will continue to apply pressure to the sector to ensure that all funds - no matter how big or small - are meeting their obligations to members. ...

MLC Expand reduces fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... fee for Expand Essential drop from $90 to $78 per annum, while the administration fee remains at 0.10% with the fee cap to apply for balances above $800,000, reduced from $1 million. Meanwhile, the account keeping fee for Expand Extra will drop from ...

ASIC sues home loan manager over 'unlawful' hardship application handling

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... managers of consumer loans must do more to support customers in difficult financial circumstances, and not put up barriers or apply a faceless, cookie-cutter approach. "Not only does this approach fail to treat customers with respect but we contend it ...

Chalmers and Bragg spar over $3m super tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... Chalmers is adamant there will be no exemptions, Bragg has said that while the legislation would allow for the government to apply the tax to the Prime Minister and other ministers, the actual bill itself does not. "There is provision for defined benefit ...

Panic selling of SMSF assets 'totally unnecessary'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... controversial, franked dividends may become an efficient way to manage tax inside a large super account. "Division 296 will apply regardless of how a fund generates returns. That's why franked dividends, while not a shield against the new tax, remain ...

ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will extend its list of exclusions for the Socially Conscious Balanced option to also apply to direct investments in listed corporate-issued debt in fixed income investments. The change, which comes into effect July ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...

ASIC streamlines AFSL applications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
The regulator launched a new digital portal for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) applications. From today, those wishing to gain an AFSL can use ASIC's new portal, integrated with the ASIC Regulatory Portal. It has a new interface and method ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... executive Charlie Karaboga said this "brings closure to a long and difficult process, one that showed how hard it is to apply existing financial services law to new and fast-changing technologies like crypto." "We understand regulators are working in ...

CA ANZ launches AI fluency certificate for finance professionals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... Peter Williams said the certificate will equip finance professionals with strategic understanding and practical skills to apply AI through the lens of the consultancy firm's professional and ethical standards. "The 20-hour program incorporates four micro ...