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Mercer appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
An advocate for digital transformation, social media and innovation has joined the Mercer Superannuation Australia Limited (MSAL) board. Joining the Mercer super board as an independent non-executive director is Sue O'Connor. Her role will include working ...

ASIC hits advice firm with more licence conditions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
ASIC has increased its surveillance activity on Total Financial Solutions Australia advisers, following compliance concerns. The surveillance commenced in October 2014 and focused on TFSA product advice, which ASIC identified as having a "one-size-fits-all ...

New laws define inactive super members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
The federal government has released draft legislation aiming to reduce red tape for superannuation funds and individuals by streamlining lost and unclaimed super administrative arrangements. Under the new laws a super member will be considered inactive ...

SMSFs impacted by power of attorney rule changes

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Changes to the rules governing power of attorney in Victoria, which came into force on 1 September, will impact the way SMSF advisers service their clients. The new Powers of Attorney Act 2014 consolidates the enduring power of attorney and enduring ...

AIA builds team to focus on adviser distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
AIA Australia has appointed six members to its distribution team to boost its support resources to advisers. Bruno Santos, Josh Lawrence, Simon Bennett, Reon Botha, Johnny Ng and Deborah Clayton-Ford will be in charge of assisting advisers to grow their ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
"I got chills, they're multiplying." Risks are again off the table as the bad news flow keeps on flowing. Most of them we already know and some are just coming to the fore. The uncertainty over the "when" of the Fed's first step towards policy normalisation. ...

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... solicitor and principal in Mercer's governance and legal consulting practice. She has significant experience in superannuation law, regulatory affairs and fund governance, having also worked at the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... while the proposed changes to the constitution were just updating it in line with changes to listing rules and corporations law, they didn't remove the protections that BA had. And I thought, 'Well, that's right, they should have removed that.'" There ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... comparison to liken a direct investment option to an SMSF. "Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) is a defined term in the law and no-one is able to mislead consumers into thinking they are getting something similar in another option," Slattery said. ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Federal Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will introduce the government's superannuation board governance legislation today at the angst of Industry Super Australia (ISA). Although debate on the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) ...