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SMSF Association names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The SMSF Association will welcome a new chairperson at the close of its 2018 National Conference. Replacing former Count Financial managing director Andrew Gale, Professor Deborah Ralston will assume the position. Ralston joined the SMSFA board in July ...

Industry fund flags further fee cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
A $14 billion industry super fund is flagging further fee reductions from July 1 and to become one of the lowest-cost funds in Australia. Following its merger with Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund on 1 July 2017, Equipsuper reports "better than expected ...

AAT issues stay on Poidevin appeal to ASIC ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has issued a stay on the banning order against a Bell Potter executive. On 29 November 2017, ASIC banned Bell Potter managing director of corporate broking, Simon Poidevin, for a period of five years. The regulator ...

Government passes BEAR reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The legislation aims to incentivise good behaviour and ensure banks and individuals are held accountable for their actions if they fail to meet the expected ...

General advice "misleading": Productivity Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
The Productivity Commission is calling for the existing notion of general advice to be scrapped. In its draft report into competition in the Australian financial system, the Productivity Commission argues the use of the term 'advice' should be limited ...

Crowe Horwath names senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
Financial advisory and accounting services firm Crowe Horwath has appointed a national lead and promoted a long-serving employee. Jara Dean will be responsible for the audit methodology and function across the business as national technical senior manager ...

BTIM chief retires, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
The chief executive of BT Investment Management Australia is retiring and a former First State Super executive is taking over. BTIM Australia announced the retirement of Michael Bargholz, effective 30 July 2018, and former First State Super chief investment ...

O'Dwyer proposes compulsory unpaid super law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
The Federal Government is proposing all employers transition to the Single Touch Payroll (STP) system from 1 July 2019 under its superannuation guarantee reform package. What previously applied to employers with 20 employees or more is now being extended ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Financial advisers employed by Australia's five largest vertically integrated institutions failed to act in the best interests of clients 75% of the time, favouring their own products and leaving clients ''significantly worse off" in 10% of cases. These ...

Traditional advice strategies pose retirement risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot said advisers should review wealth building strategies as the common tactic of investing savings in the name of the lower income-earning spouse once a mortgage has been paid off. This can have ...