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FASEA clarifies foreign degrees mistake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR). However, NOOSR was absorbed into the Department of Education and Training (DET). FASEA has clarified those with foreign qualifications will need to approach the DET for a general assessment that will compare ...

Royal Commission work impeded: Hayne

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has publicly recorded delays in accessing documents from IOOF ahead of the fifth round of the financial services Royal Commission, beginning August 6. In a ruling published yesterday, the Commissioner detailed that IOOF subsidiary ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
Just as expected, the Fed's 31 July-1 August meeting was a non-event - keeping the fed funds rate unchanged at 1.75%-20% - but it did give the US central bank a platform to gloat about the US economy. "Information received since the Federal Open ...

BNP Paribas AM sells Arnhem stake, appoints new investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
BNP Paribas Asset Management has sold its 40% stake in Arnhem Investment Management ahead of the fund manager's closure, with the Arnhem Australian Equity Fund to be transferred to a specialist wholesale investor. On July 27, the fund's responsible ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Adviser Ratings is proposing a new rating system for Australia's 1800 financial advice licensees that could potentially predict instances of misconduct. The new system, outlined in a new white paper, will see licensees rated in two ways; the first using ...

SMSFs: Low balance, low satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Satisfaction with self-managed superannuation funds dropped in the last 12 months, particularly for those with a balance of less than $250,000. Latest insights from Roy Morgan show that while satisfaction with the financial performance of SMSFs is down ...

MLC refunds $67m in advice fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
MLC will cease deducting general financial advice fees from its MasterKey Personal Super products after admitting it did not clearly communicate to members they could opt out of the service. About 305,000 MasterKey Personal Super (MKPS) members will ...

AMP moves to reset business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
AMP is reducing fees on its flagship MySuper products and expediting $290 million in compensation to customers that received bad financial advice. Reflecting plans for the simplification of its superannuation product offering, AMP said it will implement ...

AFCA funding lacks transparency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees slammed the lack of transparency around how the Australian Financial Complaints Authority will operate and be funded. The Federal Government recently released its AFCA funding model overview, which ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
An individual member is taking a $50 billion superannuation fund to the Federal Court for failure to disclose its exposure to climate change risk and preventative actions. Mark McVeigh, a 23-year-old Rest member, is taking the fund to court over claims ...